diff --git a/lib/string_helpers.c b/lib/string_helpers.c
index 5a35c7e16e96..3806a52ce697 100644
--- a/lib/string_helpers.c
+++ b/lib/string_helpers.c
@@ -361,6 +361,9 @@ static bool escape_special(unsigned char c, char **dst, char *end)
 	case '\e':
 		to = 'e';
 		break;
+	case '"':
+		to = '"';
+		break;
 	default:
 		return false;
 	}
@@ -474,6 +477,7 @@ static bool escape_hex(unsigned char c, char **dst, char *end)
  *		'\t' - horizontal tab
  *		'\v' - vertical tab
  *	%ESCAPE_SPECIAL:
+ *		'\"' - double quote
  *		'\\' - backslash
  *		'\a' - alert (BEL)
  *		'\e' - escape
diff --git a/lib/test-string_helpers.c b/lib/test-string_helpers.c
index 2185d71704f0..437d8e6b7cb1 100644
--- a/lib/test-string_helpers.c
+++ b/lib/test-string_helpers.c
@@ -140,13 +140,13 @@ static const struct test_string_2 escape0[] __initconst = {{
 },{
 	.in = "\\h\\\"\a\e\\",
 	.s1 = {{
-		.out = "\\\\h\\\\\"\\a\\e\\\\",
+		.out = "\\\\h\\\\\\\"\\a\\e\\\\",
 		.flags = ESCAPE_SPECIAL,
 	},{
-		.out = "\\\\\\150\\\\\\042\\a\\e\\\\",
+		.out = "\\\\\\150\\\\\\\"\\a\\e\\\\",
 		.flags = ESCAPE_SPECIAL | ESCAPE_OCTAL,
 	},{
-		.out = "\\\\\\x68\\\\\\x22\\a\\e\\\\",
+		.out = "\\\\\\x68\\\\\\\"\\a\\e\\\\",
 		.flags = ESCAPE_SPECIAL | ESCAPE_HEX,
 	},{
 		/* terminator */
@@ -157,10 +157,10 @@ static const struct test_string_2 escape0[] __initconst = {{
 		.out = "\eb \\C\007\"\x90\\r]",
 		.flags = ESCAPE_SPACE,
 	},{
-		.out = "\\eb \\\\C\\a\"\x90\r]",
+		.out = "\\eb \\\\C\\a\\\"\x90\r]",
 		.flags = ESCAPE_SPECIAL,
 	},{
-		.out = "\\eb \\\\C\\a\"\x90\\r]",
+		.out = "\\eb \\\\C\\a\\\"\x90\\r]",
 		.flags = ESCAPE_SPACE | ESCAPE_SPECIAL,
 	},{
 		.out = "\\033\\142\\040\\134\\103\\007\\042\\220\\015\\135",
@@ -169,10 +169,10 @@ static const struct test_string_2 escape0[] __initconst = {{
 		.out = "\\033\\142\\040\\134\\103\\007\\042\\220\\r\\135",
 		.flags = ESCAPE_SPACE | ESCAPE_OCTAL,
 	},{
-		.out = "\\e\\142\\040\\\\\\103\\a\\042\\220\\015\\135",
+		.out = "\\e\\142\\040\\\\\\103\\a\\\"\\220\\015\\135",
 		.flags = ESCAPE_SPECIAL | ESCAPE_OCTAL,
 	},{
-		.out = "\\e\\142\\040\\\\\\103\\a\\042\\220\\r\\135",
+		.out = "\\e\\142\\040\\\\\\103\\a\\\"\\220\\r\\135",
 		.flags = ESCAPE_SPACE | ESCAPE_SPECIAL | ESCAPE_OCTAL,
 	},{
 		.out = "\eb \\C\007\"\x90\r]",