diff --git a/YamlDotNet.Test/Core/EmitterTests.cs b/YamlDotNet.Test/Core/EmitterTests.cs
index aa7fe34c..66c3b52b 100644
--- a/YamlDotNet.Test/Core/EmitterTests.cs
+++ b/YamlDotNet.Test/Core/EmitterTests.cs
@@ -443,6 +443,15 @@ public void SingleQuotesAreNotDoubleQuotedUnlessNecessary(string input)
             yaml.Should().NotContain("\"");
         }
 
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData(@"\hello world")]
+        public void LeadingBackslashIsNotQuotedUnlessNecessary(string input)
+        {
+            var events = StreamOf(DocumentWith(new Scalar(input)));
+            var yaml = EmittedTextFrom(events);
+            yaml.Should().NotContain("\'");
+        }
+
         private string Lines(params string[] lines)
         {
             return string.Join(Environment.NewLine, lines);