diff --git a/exaudfclient/base/script_options_parser/ctpg/script_option_lines_ctpg.cc b/exaudfclient/base/script_options_parser/ctpg/script_option_lines_ctpg.cc
index b17dddab..7fcf8b05 100644
--- a/exaudfclient/base/script_options_parser/ctpg/script_option_lines_ctpg.cc
+++ b/exaudfclient/base/script_options_parser/ctpg/script_option_lines_ctpg.cc
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ const auto convert_escape_seq(std::string_view escape_seq) {
         retVal = "\n";
     } else if (escape_seq == R"_(\r)_") {
         retVal = "\r";
+    } else if (escape_seq == R"_(\\)_") {
+        retVal = "\\";
     } else {
         throw OptionParserException(std::string("Internal parser error: Unexpected escape sequence " + std::string(escape_seq)));
     }
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ const auto convert_whitespace_escape_seq(std::string_view escape_seq) {
 constexpr char alpha_numeric_pattern[] = R"_([0-9a-zA-Z_]+)_";
 constexpr char not_semicolon_pattern[] = R"_([^;])_";
 constexpr char whitespaces_pattern[] = R"_([ \x09\x0c\x0b]+)_";
-constexpr char escape_pattern[] = R"_(\\;|\\n|\\r)_";
+constexpr char escape_pattern[] = R"_(\\;|\\n|\\r|\\\\)_";
 constexpr char whitespace_escape_pattern[] = R"_(\\ |\\t|\\f|\\v)_";
 
 
diff --git a/exaudfclient/base/script_options_parser/ctpg/test/script_option_lines_test.cpp b/exaudfclient/base/script_options_parser/ctpg/test/script_option_lines_test.cpp
index ed22df95..6ef7e76b 100644
--- a/exaudfclient/base/script_options_parser/ctpg/test/script_option_lines_test.cpp
+++ b/exaudfclient/base/script_options_parser/ctpg/test/script_option_lines_test.cpp
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ TEST_P(ScriptOptionLinesEscapeSequenceTest, test_escape_seq_in_option_value) {
  '\n' -> new line character
  '\r' -> return character
  '\;' -> semicolon
+ '\\' -> backslash
  '\ ' or '\t' or '\f' or '\v' at start of option value -> replaced by the respective white space character
  '\ ' or '\t' or '\f' or '\v' in the middle of option value -> should not be replaced
  '\a' -> anything else should not be replaced.
@@ -280,13 +281,17 @@ const std::vector<std::pair<std::string, std::string>> escape_sequences =
             std::make_pair("-Dhttp.agent=ABC\\nDEF", "-Dhttp.agent=ABC\nDEF"),
             std::make_pair("-Dhttp.agent=ABC\\rDEF", "-Dhttp.agent=ABC\rDEF"),
             std::make_pair("-Dhttp.agent=ABC\\;DEF", "-Dhttp.agent=ABC;DEF"),
+            std::make_pair("-Dhttp.agent=ABC\\\\rDEF", "-Dhttp.agent=ABC\\rDEF"),
             std::make_pair("-Dhttp.agent=ABC\\aDEF", "-Dhttp.agent=ABC\\aDEF"), //any other escape sequence must stay as is
             std::make_pair("\\n-Dhttp.agent=ABCDEF", "\n-Dhttp.agent=ABCDEF"),
             std::make_pair("\\r-Dhttp.agent=ABCDEF", "\r-Dhttp.agent=ABCDEF"),
             std::make_pair("\\;-Dhttp.agent=ABCDEF", ";-Dhttp.agent=ABCDEF"),
+            std::make_pair("\\\\r-Dhttp.agent=ABCDEF", "\\r-Dhttp.agent=ABCDEF"),
             std::make_pair("-Dhttp.agent=ABCDEF\\n", "-Dhttp.agent=ABCDEF\n"),
             std::make_pair("-Dhttp.agent=ABCDEF\\r", "-Dhttp.agent=ABCDEF\r"),
             std::make_pair("-Dhttp.agent=ABCDEF\\;", "-Dhttp.agent=ABCDEF;"),
+            std::make_pair("-Dhttp.agent=ABCDEF\\\\;", "-Dhttp.agent=ABCDEF\\"),
+            std::make_pair("-Dhttp.agent=ABCDEF\\\\\\;", "-Dhttp.agent=ABCDEF\\;"),
             std::make_pair("-Dhttp.agent=ABC\\ DEF", "-Dhttp.agent=ABC\\ DEF"), //escaped white space in middle of string must stay as is
             std::make_pair("\\ -Dhttp.agent=ABCDEF", " -Dhttp.agent=ABCDEF"),
             std::make_pair("\\  \t -Dhttp.agent=ABCDEF", "  \t -Dhttp.agent=ABCDEF"),