diff --git a/src/json.hpp b/src/json.hpp
index e7e8444f..1e61d5e4 100644
--- a/src/json.hpp
+++ b/src/json.hpp
@@ -1321,6 +1321,72 @@ class basic_json
         }
     }
 
+    /*!
+    Escape a string by replacing special characters by a sequence of an
+    escape character (backslash) and another character.
+    */
+    static string_t escape_string(const string_t& s)
+    {
+        // create a result string of at least the size than s
+        string_t result;
+        result.reserve(s.size());
+
+        for (auto c : s)
+        {
+            switch (c)
+            {
+                // quotation mark
+                case '"':
+                {
+                    result.append("\\\"", 2);
+                    break;
+                }
+                // reverse solidus
+                case '\\':
+                {
+                    result.append("\\\\", 2);
+                    break;
+                }
+                // backspace
+                case '\b':
+                {
+                    result.append("\\b", 2);
+                    break;
+                }
+                // formfeed
+                case '\f':
+                {
+                    result.append("\\f", 2);
+                    break;
+                }
+                // newline
+                case '\n':
+                {
+                    result.append("\\n", 2);
+                    break;
+                }
+                // carriage return
+                case '\r':
+                {
+                    result.append("\\r", 2);
+                    break;
+                }
+                // horizontal tab
+                case '\t':
+                {
+                    result.append("\\t", 2);
+                    break;
+                }
+                default:
+                {
+                    result.append(1, c);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
     /*!
     Internal implementation of the serialization function.
 
@@ -1417,7 +1483,7 @@ class basic_json
 
             case (value_t::string):
             {
-                return string_t("\"") + *m_value.string + "\"";
+                return string_t("\"") + escape_string(*m_value.string) + "\"";
             }
 
             case (value_t::boolean):
diff --git a/test/unit.cpp b/test/unit.cpp
index 3c0d8185..8cbd6ea9 100644
--- a/test/unit.cpp
+++ b/test/unit.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,19 @@ using nlohmann::json;
 
 TEST_CASE()
 {
+    CHECK(json::escape_string("\\") == "\\\\");
+    CHECK(json::escape_string("\"") == "\\\"");
+    CHECK(json::escape_string("\n") == "\\n");
+    CHECK(json::escape_string("\r") == "\\r");
+    CHECK(json::escape_string("\f") == "\\f");
+    CHECK(json::escape_string("\b") == "\\b");
+    CHECK(json::escape_string("\t") == "\\t");
+    
+    {
+        json j = "AC/DC";
+        CHECK(j.dump() == "\"AC/DC\"");
+    }
+    
     {
         json j = {1, 2, 3, 4};
         std::cerr << j << std::endl;