diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
index 8541f359..5a183274 100644
--- a/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/main.js
@@ -66,8 +66,12 @@ function parse (src) {
 
     // Expand newlines if double quoted
     if (maybeQuote === '"') {
-      value = value.replace(/\\n/g, '\n')
-      value = value.replace(/\\r/g, '\r')
+      value = value.replace(/\\([\s\S])/g, function (_, ch) {
+        if (ch === 'n') return '\n'
+        if (ch === 'r') return '\r'
+        if (ch === '\\') return '\\'
+        return '\\' + ch
+      })
     }
 
     // Add to object
diff --git a/tests/.env b/tests/.env
index 5af4b98c..df512684 100644
--- a/tests/.env
+++ b/tests/.env
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ DOUBLE_AND_SINGLE_QUOTES_INSIDE_BACKTICKS=`double "quotes" and single 'quotes' w
 EXPAND_NEWLINES="expand\nnew\nlines"
 DONT_EXPAND_UNQUOTED=dontexpand\nnewlines
 DONT_EXPAND_SQUOTED='dontexpand\nnewlines'
+ESCAPED_BACKSLASH_N="keep\\nraw"
+ESCAPED_BACKSLASH_R="keep\\rraw"
+ESCAPED_DOUBLE_BACKSLASH="keep\\\\slashes"
 # COMMENTS=work
 INLINE_COMMENTS=inline comments # work #very #well
 INLINE_COMMENTS_SINGLE_QUOTES='inline comments outside of #singlequotes' # work
diff --git a/tests/test-parse.js b/tests/test-parse.js
index 3537b929..09da460f 100644
--- a/tests/test-parse.js
+++ b/tests/test-parse.js
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ t.equal(parsed.EXPAND_NEWLINES, 'expand\nnew\nlines', 'expands newlines but only
 t.equal(parsed.DONT_EXPAND_UNQUOTED, 'dontexpand\\nnewlines', 'expands newlines but only if double quoted')
 
 t.equal(parsed.DONT_EXPAND_SQUOTED, 'dontexpand\\nnewlines', 'expands newlines but only if double quoted')
+t.equal(parsed.ESCAPED_BACKSLASH_N, 'keep\\nraw', 'treats \\\\n in double quotes as literal backslash-n, not newline')
+
+t.equal(parsed.ESCAPED_BACKSLASH_R, 'keep\\rraw', 'treats \\\\r in double quotes as literal backslash-r, not carriage return')
+
+t.equal(parsed.ESCAPED_DOUBLE_BACKSLASH, 'keep\\\\slashes', 'collapses \\\\\\\\ in double quotes to \\\\')
 
 t.notOk(parsed.COMMENTS, 'ignores commented lines')