diff --git a/test/string.test.js b/test/string.test.js
index 518513da..5772d77f 100644
--- a/test/string.test.js
+++ b/test/string.test.js
@@ -82,3 +82,18 @@ test('unsafe unescaped string', (t) => {
     JSON.parse(output)
   })
 })
+
+test('multiple sequential escape', (t) => {
+  t.plan(2)
+
+  const schema = {
+    type: 'string'
+  }
+
+  const input = '"ab\\cd"ef'
+  const stringify = build(schema)
+  const output = stringify(input)
+
+  t.assert.equal(output, `"${input}"`)
+  t.assert.equal(JSON.parse(output), input)
+})