diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/kxgettext.c b/scripts/kconfig/kxgettext.c
index 6eb72a7f2562fc2d79847d8e4da2ad3ebb539a25..8d9ce22b0fc5d285ca93702d97a437aa7026f364 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/kxgettext.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/kxgettext.c
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ static char *escape(const char* text, char *bf, int len)
 			++text;
 			goto next;
 		}
+		else if (*text == '\\') {
+			*bfp++ = '\\';
+			len--;
+		}
 		*bfp++ = *text++;
 next:
 		--len;