diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/conf/SettingsTools.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/conf/SettingsTools.java
index d04eca0e9e..c6a112ff73 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/conf/SettingsTools.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/conf/SettingsTools.java
@@ -130,6 +130,21 @@ public final class SettingsTools {
         return PREPARED_STATEMENT;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the value BackslashEscaping value.
+     */
+    public static final BackslashEscaping getBackslashEscaping(Settings settings) {
+        if (settings != null) {
+            BackslashEscaping result = settings.getBackslashEscaping();
+
+            if (result != null) {
+                return result;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return BackslashEscaping.OFF;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Whether a {@link PreparedStatement} should be executed.
      */
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Utils.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Utils.java
index d93f006f24..dffef84e4c 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Utils.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Utils.java
@@ -44,9 +44,11 @@ import static java.lang.Boolean.FALSE;
 // ...
 import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.CUBRID;
 import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.POSTGRES;
+import static org.jooq.conf.BackslashEscaping.ON;
 import static org.jooq.conf.ParamType.INLINED;
 import static org.jooq.conf.ParamType.NAMED;
 import static org.jooq.conf.ParamType.NAMED_OR_INLINED;
+import static org.jooq.conf.SettingsTools.getBackslashEscaping;
 import static org.jooq.conf.SettingsTools.reflectionCaching;
 import static org.jooq.conf.SettingsTools.updatablePrimaryKeys;
 import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.concat;
@@ -138,6 +140,7 @@ import org.jooq.Table;
 import org.jooq.UDT;
 import org.jooq.UDTRecord;
 import org.jooq.UpdatableRecord;
+import org.jooq.conf.BackslashEscaping;
 import org.jooq.conf.Settings;
 import org.jooq.exception.DataAccessException;
 import org.jooq.exception.InvalidResultException;
@@ -1163,6 +1166,9 @@ final class Utils {
         // [#1593] Create a dummy renderer if we're in bind mode
         if (render == null) render = new DefaultRenderContext(bind.configuration());
 
+        // [#3630] Depending on this setting, we need to consider backslashes as escape characters within string literals.
+        BackslashEscaping escaping = getBackslashEscaping(ctx.configuration().settings());
+
         SQLDialect dialect = render.configuration().dialect();
         SQLDialect family = dialect.family();
         String[][] quotes = QUOTES.get(family);
@@ -1206,8 +1212,13 @@ final class Utils {
                 // Consume the whole string literal
                 for (;;) {
 
+                    // [#3000] [#3630] Consume backslash-escaped characters if needed
+                    if (sqlChars[i] == '\\' && escaping == ON) {
+                        render.sql(sqlChars[i++]);
+                    }
+
                     // Consume an escaped apostrophe
-                    if (peek(sqlChars, i, "''")) {
+                    else if (peek(sqlChars, i, "''")) {
                         render.sql(sqlChars[i++]);
                     }