diff --git a/pglablib/util.cpp b/pglablib/util.cpp
index 4b45e86..439eeca 100644
--- a/pglablib/util.cpp
+++ b/pglablib/util.cpp
@@ -107,6 +107,24 @@ void copySelectionToClipboard(const QTableView *view)
 	}
 }
 
+QString EscapeForCString(QString qi)
+{
+	int escape_count = 0;
+	for (QChar c : qi)
+		if (c == '"' || c == '\\') ++escape_count;
+
+	QString out;
+	out.reserve(qi.size() + escape_count);
+	for (QChar c : qi)
+		if (c == '"' || c == '\\') {
+			out += "\\";
+			out += c;
+		}
+		else
+			out += c;
+	return out;
+}
+
 QString ConvertToMultiLineCString(const QString &in_)
 {
 	// We need to atleast escape " and \ and also any multi byte utf8 char
@@ -170,7 +188,7 @@ QString ConvertToMultiLineCString(const QString &in_)
 				comment.clear();
 			}
 			else {
-				line += token.out;
+				line += EscapeForCString(token.out);
 			}
 		}
 		else {
diff --git a/tests/pglabtests/tst_ConvertToMultiLineCString.cpp b/tests/pglabtests/tst_ConvertToMultiLineCString.cpp
index 8d60bc4..73b9459 100644
--- a/tests/pglabtests/tst_ConvertToMultiLineCString.cpp
+++ b/tests/pglabtests/tst_ConvertToMultiLineCString.cpp
@@ -106,3 +106,20 @@ FROM tab
 	ASSERT_EQ(output, expected);
 }
 
+TEST(ConvertToMultiLineCString, escapeDoubleQuote)
+{
+	QString in(R"__(SELECT * FROM "table")__");
+	QString expected("\"SELECT * FROM \\\"table\\\"\"");
+
+	auto output = ConvertToMultiLineCString(in);
+	ASSERT_EQ(output, expected);
+}
+
+TEST(ConvertToMultiLineCString, escapeBackslash)
+{
+	QString in(R"__(SELECT '\test')__");
+	QString expected(R"__("SELECT '\\test'")__");
+
+	auto output = ConvertToMultiLineCString(in);
+	ASSERT_EQ(output, expected);
+}