diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 50a60c67d..eaf7b8add 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -2821,7 +2821,11 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyCaseRange()
                 tok->next()->str("case");
                 for (char i = end - 1; i > start; i--) {
                     tok->insertToken(":");
-                    tok->insertToken(std::string(1, '\'') + i + '\'');
+                    if (i == '\\') {
+                      tok->insertToken(std::string("\'\\") + i + '\'');
+                    } else {
+                      tok->insertToken(std::string(1, '\'') + i + '\'');
+                    }
                     tok->insertToken("case");
                 }
             }
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index b702a008e..209094064 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -7114,6 +7114,8 @@ private:
 
         ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( ) { switch ( x ) { case 'a' : case 'b' : case 'c' : ; } }", tokenizeAndStringify("void f() { switch(x) { case 'a' ... 'c': } }"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( ) { switch ( x ) { case 'c' . . . 'a' : ; } }", tokenizeAndStringify("void f() { switch(x) { case 'c' ... 'a': } }"));
+        
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("void f ( ) { switch ( x ) { case '[' : case '\\\\' : case ']' : ; } }", tokenizeAndStringify("void f() { switch(x) { case '[' ... ']': } }"));
     }
 
     void prepareTernaryOpForAST() {