diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/format/escape.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/format/escape.rs
index d20da3e7e3..9420507f3e 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/format/escape.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/format/escape.rs
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ pub fn parse_escape_code(rest: &mut &[u8]) -> EscapedChar {
         *rest = new_rest;
         match c {
             b'\\' => EscapedChar::Byte(b'\\'),
+            b'"' => EscapedChar::Byte(b'"'),
             b'a' => EscapedChar::Byte(b'\x07'),
             b'b' => EscapedChar::Byte(b'\x08'),
             b'c' => EscapedChar::End,
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_printf.rs b/tests/by-util/test_printf.rs
index 48fc1e6ace..a288d7c084 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_printf.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_printf.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ fn escaped_slash() {
         .stdout_only("hello\\ world");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn unescaped_double_quote() {
+    new_ucmd!().args(&["\\\""]).succeeds().stdout_only("\"");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn escaped_hex() {
     new_ucmd!().args(&["\\x41"]).succeeds().stdout_only("A");