diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8931d7344..34fd55628 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed bugs
 
+* Revsets now support `\`-escapes in string literal.
+
+
 ## [0.16.0] - 2024-04-03
 
 ### Deprecations
diff --git a/lib/src/revset.pest b/lib/src/revset.pest
index 2fe371aac..b929eeba2 100644
--- a/lib/src/revset.pest
+++ b/lib/src/revset.pest
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ symbol = {
   identifier
   | string_literal
 }
-string_literal = { "\"" ~ (!"\"" ~ ANY)* ~ "\"" }
+
+string_escape = @{ "\\" ~ ("t" | "r" | "n" | "0" | "\"" | "\\") }
+string_content_char = @{ !("\"" | "\\") ~ ANY }
+string_content = @{ string_content_char+ }
+string_literal = ${ "\"" ~ (string_content | string_escape)* ~ "\"" }
+
 whitespace = _{ " " | "\t" | "\r" | "\n" | "\x0c" }
 
 at_op = { "@" }
diff --git a/lib/src/revset.rs b/lib/src/revset.rs
index 77583ebed..500661e67 100644
--- a/lib/src/revset.rs
+++ b/lib/src/revset.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ use thiserror::Error;
 
 use crate::backend::{BackendError, BackendResult, ChangeId, CommitId};
 use crate::commit::Commit;
+use crate::dsl_util::StringLiteralParser;
 use crate::fileset::{FilePattern, FilesetExpression, FilesetParseContext};
 use crate::git;
 use crate::hex_util::to_forward_hex;
@@ -76,6 +77,11 @@ pub enum RevsetEvaluationError {
 #[grammar = "revset.pest"]
 pub struct RevsetParser;
 
+const STRING_LITERAL_PARSER: StringLiteralParser<Rule> = StringLiteralParser {
+    content_rule: Rule::string_content,
+    escape_rule: Rule::string_escape,
+};
+
 impl Rule {
     /// Whether this is a placeholder rule for compatibility with the other
     /// systems.
@@ -97,6 +103,9 @@ impl Rule {
             Rule::identifier_part => None,
             Rule::identifier => None,
             Rule::symbol => None,
+            Rule::string_escape => None,
+            Rule::string_content_char => None,
+            Rule::string_content => None,
             Rule::string_literal => None,
             Rule::whitespace => None,
             Rule::at_op => Some("@"),
@@ -1090,7 +1099,9 @@ fn parse_symbol_rule(
                 Ok(RevsetExpression::symbol(name.to_owned()))
             }
         }
-        Rule::string_literal => parse_string_literal(first).map(RevsetExpression::symbol),
+        Rule::string_literal => Ok(RevsetExpression::symbol(
+            STRING_LITERAL_PARSER.parse(first.into_inner()),
+        )),
         _ => {
             panic!("unexpected symbol parse rule: {:?}", first.as_str());
         }
@@ -1102,25 +1113,13 @@ fn parse_symbol_rule_as_literal(mut pairs: Pairs<Rule>) -> Result<String, Revset
     let first = pairs.next().unwrap();
     match first.as_rule() {
         Rule::identifier => Ok(first.as_str().to_owned()),
-        Rule::string_literal => parse_string_literal(first),
+        Rule::string_literal => Ok(STRING_LITERAL_PARSER.parse(first.into_inner())),
         _ => {
             panic!("unexpected symbol parse rule: {:?}", first.as_str());
         }
     }
 }
 
-// TODO: Add support for \-escape syntax
-fn parse_string_literal(pair: Pair<Rule>) -> Result<String, RevsetParseError> {
-    assert_eq!(pair.as_rule(), Rule::string_literal);
-    Ok(pair
-        .as_str()
-        .strip_prefix('"')
-        .unwrap()
-        .strip_suffix('"')
-        .unwrap()
-        .to_owned())
-}
-
 fn parse_function_expression(
     name_pair: Pair<Rule>,
     arguments_pair: Pair<Rule>,
@@ -3084,6 +3083,23 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_parse_string_literal() {
+        // "\<char>" escapes
+        assert_eq!(
+            parse(r#"branches("\t\r\n\"\\\0")"#),
+            Ok(RevsetExpression::branches(StringPattern::Substring(
+                "\t\r\n\"\\\0".to_owned()
+            )))
+        );
+
+        // Invalid "\<char>" escape
+        assert_eq!(
+            parse(r#"branches("\y")"#),
+            Err(RevsetParseErrorKind::SyntaxError)
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_parse_string_pattern() {
         assert_eq!(