1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/patchlevel.h b/patchlevel.h
index 7bd228b6f2..cb18e9f7dd 100644
--- a/patchlevel.h
+++ b/patchlevel.h
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ my $seen=0;
 while (<PLIN>) {
     if (/\t,NULL/ and $seen) {
        while (my $c = shift @ARGV){
+	    $c =~ s|\\|\\\\|g;
+	    $c =~ s|"|\\"|g;
             print PLOUT qq{\t,"$c"\n};
        }
     }