diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBindContext.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBindContext.java
index dede680594..94cb3dfed2 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBindContext.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultBindContext.java
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ class DefaultBindContext extends AbstractBindContext {
             }
             else {
                 sb.append("\"");
-                sb.append(o.toString().replaceAll("\"", "\"\""));
+                sb.append(o.toString().replace("\\", "\\\\").replace("\"", "\\\""));
                 sb.append("\"");
             }
 
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/test/java/org/jooq/impl/PostgresArrayEscapingTest.java b/jOOQ/src/test/java/org/jooq/impl/PostgresArrayEscapingTest.java
index 2dd7f57943..effe7653d1 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/test/java/org/jooq/impl/PostgresArrayEscapingTest.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/test/java/org/jooq/impl/PostgresArrayEscapingTest.java
@@ -30,4 +30,14 @@ public class PostgresArrayEscapingTest {
     public void nulls() {
         assertEquals("{null}", DefaultBindContext.postgresArrayString(new Object[]{null}));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void stringsWithQuotesShouldBeEscaped() {
+        assertEquals("{\"\\\"foo\"}", DefaultBindContext.postgresArrayString(new String[]{"\"foo"}));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void stringsWithBackslashesShouldBeEncoded() {
+        assertEquals("{\"\\\\foo\"}", DefaultBindContext.postgresArrayString(new String[]{"\\foo"}));
+    }
 }