diff --git a/usr.sbin/config.new/scan.l b/usr.sbin/config.new/scan.l
index 80cecb2aac1f..88b32255ca21 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/config.new/scan.l
+++ b/usr.sbin/config.new/scan.l
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ needs-flag	{ yylval.val = FI_NEEDSFLAG; return FFLAG; }
 {PATH}		{ yylval.str = intern(yytext); return PATHNAME; }
 {WORD}		{ yylval.str = intern(yytext); return WORD; }
 
-\"[^"]+/\" {
+\"([^"]|\\\")*/\" {
 		yylval.str = intern(yytext + 1);
 		(void)input();	/* eat closing quote */
 		return WORD;
diff --git a/usr.sbin/config.old/lang.l b/usr.sbin/config.old/lang.l
index 3da1834ae8ea..6e7602a01ff9 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/config.old/lang.l
+++ b/usr.sbin/config.old/lang.l
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  *
  *	from: @(#)lang.l	5.8 (Berkeley) 4/19/91
- *	$Id: lang.l,v 1.4 1993/12/01 05:56:44 deraadt Exp $
+ *	$Id: lang.l,v 1.5 1993/12/03 04:58:22 deraadt Exp $
  */
 
 #include <ctype.h>
@@ -124,9 +124,10 @@ WORD	[A-Za-z_][-A-Za-z_]*
 			tprintf("(%s) ", yytext);
 			return i;
 		}
-\"[^"]+\"	{
+\"([^\"]|\\\")*\"	{
 			yytext[strlen(yytext)-1] = '\0';
 			yylval.str = yytext + 1;
+			tprintf("QID: %s", yylval.str);
 			return ID;
 		}
 0[0-7]*		{
diff --git a/usr.sbin/config/lang.l b/usr.sbin/config/lang.l
index 3da1834ae8ea..6e7602a01ff9 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/config/lang.l
+++ b/usr.sbin/config/lang.l
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  *
  *	from: @(#)lang.l	5.8 (Berkeley) 4/19/91
- *	$Id: lang.l,v 1.4 1993/12/01 05:56:44 deraadt Exp $
+ *	$Id: lang.l,v 1.5 1993/12/03 04:58:22 deraadt Exp $
  */
 
 #include <ctype.h>
@@ -124,9 +124,10 @@ WORD	[A-Za-z_][-A-Za-z_]*
 			tprintf("(%s) ", yytext);
 			return i;
 		}
-\"[^"]+\"	{
+\"([^\"]|\\\")*\"	{
 			yytext[strlen(yytext)-1] = '\0';
 			yylval.str = yytext + 1;
+			tprintf("QID: %s", yylval.str);
 			return ID;
 		}
 0[0-7]*		{