diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/jdbc/JDBCUtil.java b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/jdbc/JDBCUtil.java
index 9628ca74..346112c0 100644
--- a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/jdbc/JDBCUtil.java
+++ b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/jdbc/JDBCUtil.java
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ public class JDBCUtil
      */
     public static String escape (String text)
     {
+        text = StringUtil.replace(text, "\\", "\\\\");
         return "'" + StringUtil.replace(text, "'", "\\'") + "'";
     }