diff --git a/src/main/jjtree/net/sf/jsqlparser/parser/JSqlParserCC.jjt b/src/main/jjtree/net/sf/jsqlparser/parser/JSqlParserCC.jjt
index eb904885a..5028de901 100644
--- a/src/main/jjtree/net/sf/jsqlparser/parser/JSqlParserCC.jjt
+++ b/src/main/jjtree/net/sf/jsqlparser/parser/JSqlParserCC.jjt
@@ -2275,26 +2275,33 @@ TOKEN_MGR_DECLS : {
         }
     }
 
-    // Finds first occurrence of "\\'"
-    public static int indexOfSequence(String s, String target) {
-        int len = s.length();
-        for (int i = 0; i < len - 1; i++) {
-            if (s.charAt(i) == '\\' && s.charAt(i + 1) == '\'') {
-                return i;
+    // Returns the length up to the closing quote of a quoted literal starting at open, or -1 when
+    // the image is unterminated. A doubled quote is literal; a backslash escapes the next character
+    // only if requested.
+    public static int closingQuote(String s, int open, char quote, boolean backslashEscapes) {
+        int i = open + 1;
+        while (i < s.length()) {
+            char c = s.charAt(i);
+            if (backslashEscapes && c == '\\' && i + 1 < s.length()) {
+                i += 2;
+            } else if (c == quote && i + 1 < s.length() && s.charAt(i + 1) == quote) {
+                i += 2;
+            } else if (c == quote) {
+                return i + 1;
+            } else {
+                i++;
             }
         }
         return -1;
     }
 
-    // Finds last occurrence of "\\''"
-    public static int lastIndexOfSequence(String s, String target) {
-        int len = s.length();
-        for (int i = len - 3; i >= 0; i--) {
-            if (s.charAt(i) == '\\' && s.charAt(i + 1) == '\'' && s.charAt(i + 2) == '\'') {
-                return i;
-            }
+    // Like closingQuote for a single-quoted literal after its optional prefix. Oracle q'..'
+    // literals have their own delimiters and are left unchanged.
+    public static int closingSingleQuote(String s, boolean backslashEscapes) {
+        if (s.length() > 1 && (s.charAt(0) == 'q' || s.charAt(0) == 'Q') && s.charAt(1) == '\'') {
+            return -1;
         }
-        return -1;
+        return closingQuote(s, s.indexOf('\''), '\'', backslashEscapes);
     }
 
     private RowPatternTokenContext rowPatternContext;
@@ -3222,12 +3229,11 @@ TOKEN:
 // CJK Unified Ideographs block according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CJK_Unified_Ideographs_(Unicode_block)
 | <#CJK: ["\uAC00"-"\uD7A3", "\u4E00"-"\u9FFF"]>
 
-| < #SPECIAL_ESC: "\\'" > /* Allowing this will break LIKE ... ESCAPE ...  */
-| < #ESC: "\\" ["n","t","b","r","f","\\","\""] >
 | < S_CHAR_LITERAL: (
                         (["U","E","N","R","B"]|"RB"|"_utf8")?
                         (
-                            ("'" ( <ESC> | <SPECIAL_ESC> | ~["'", "\\"] )* "'") | ("'" ("''" | ~["'"])* "'")
+                            // Backslash escapes and doubled quotes; trimmed below to the rules in effect
+                            ("'" ( "\\" ~[] | "''" | ~["'", "\\"] )* "'") | ("'" ("''" | ~["'"])* "'")
                             // Alternative Oracle Escape Modes
                             | ("q'{" (~[])* "}'")
                             | ("q'(" (~[])* ")'")
@@ -3237,36 +3243,36 @@ TOKEN:
                         )
                      ) >
     {
-        // <S_CHAR_LITERAL> contains the <SPECIAL_ESC> token and always the longest match is returned
-        // So when Backslash is explicitly not allowed as an Escape Character and a <S_CHAR_LITERAL> is found
-        // which contains the <SPECIAL_ESC>, then we will need to
-        // 1) break the <S_CHAR_LITERAL> at <SPECIAL_ESC> close it with a "'"
-        // 2) continue tokenizing after that <SPECIAL_ESC> with a new <S_CHAR_LITERAL> or any other Token
-        boolean allowEscape = configuration.getAsBoolean(Feature.allowBackslashEscapeCharacter)
+        // The longest match may run past the closing quote of the active rules. A backslash
+        // escapes the next character only with backslash escapes or in a PostgreSQL E'' string;
+        // otherwise the literal ends at the first quote that is not doubled, so LIKE ... ESCAPE '\\'
+        // still works.
+        boolean backslashEscapes = configuration.getAsBoolean(Feature.allowBackslashEscapeCharacter)
                 || (AbstractJSqlParser.Dialect.POSTGRESQL.name().equals(configuration.getValue(Feature.dialect))
                     && matchedToken.image.regionMatches(true, 0, "E'", 0, 2));
-                String img = matchedToken.image;
-                int pos;
-                if (!allowEscape) {
-                    pos = indexOfSequence(img, "\\'");
-                    if (pos > 0) {
-                        matchedToken.image = image.substring( 0, image.indexOf("\\'") + 1 ) + "'";
-                        // `charLiteralIndex` defined in TokenManagerDeclaration above
-                        matchedToken.kind = charLiteralIndex;
-                        input_stream.backup(image.length() - matchedToken.image.length());
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    pos = lastIndexOfSequence(img, "\\''");
-                    if (pos > 0) {
-                        matchedToken.image = image.substring( 0, image.lastIndexOf("\\'") + 3);
-                        // `charLiteralIndex` defined in TokenManagerDeclaration above
-                        matchedToken.kind = charLiteralIndex;
-                        input_stream.backup(image.length() - matchedToken.image.length() );
-                    }
-                }
-    }
-| < S_QUOTED_IDENTIFIER: "\"" ( "\"\"" | ~["\n","\r","\""])* "\"" | ("`" ("``" | ~["\n","\r","`"])* "`") | ( "[" (~["\n","\r","]"])* "]" ) >
-    {
+        int end = closingSingleQuote(matchedToken.image, backslashEscapes);
+        if (end > 0 && end < matchedToken.image.length()) {
+            matchedToken.image = image.substring(0, end);
+            input_stream.backup(image.length() - end);
+        }
+    }
+| < S_QUOTED_IDENTIFIER: "\"" ( "\"\"" | ~["\n","\r","\""])* "\""
+        // MySQL double-quoted string with backslash escapes; trimmed below when not enabled
+        | "\"" ( "\"\"" | "\\" ~["\n","\r"] | ~["\n","\r","\"","\\"])* "\""
+        | ("`" ("``" | ~["\n","\r","`"])* "`") | ( "[" (~["\n","\r","]"])* "]" ) >
+    {
+        if ( matchedToken.image.charAt(0) == '"' ) {
+            // Both alternatives above compete for the longest match. Keep the closing quote of
+            // the active quoting rules: a backslash escapes the next character only in
+            // double-quoted strings with backslash escapes, as in MySQL.
+            int end = closingQuote(matchedToken.image, 0, '"',
+                    configuration.getAsBoolean(Feature.allowDoubleQuotedStrings)
+                    && configuration.getAsBoolean(Feature.allowBackslashEscapeCharacter));
+            if (end > 0 && end < matchedToken.image.length()) {
+                matchedToken.image = image.substring(0, end);
+                input_stream.backup(image.length() - end);
+            }
+        }
         if ( !configuration.getAsBoolean(Feature.allowSquareBracketQuotation)
             && matchedToken.image.charAt(0) == '[' ) {
 
diff --git a/src/site/sphinx/usage.rst b/src/site/sphinx/usage.rst
index 1d204c6e9..a9d98001b 100644
--- a/src/site/sphinx/usage.rst
+++ b/src/site/sphinx/usage.rst
@@ -1568,7 +1568,7 @@ The individual features
     * - ``withBackslashEscapeCharacter``
       - ``\\..`` escaping inside string literals, in addition to the standard ``'..`` doubling
     * - ``withDoubleQuotedStrings``
-      - ``".."`` reads as a string literal instead of a quoted identifier (BigQuery, Spark/Databricks, MySQL default ``sql_mode``)
+      - ``".."`` reads as a string literal instead of a quoted identifier (BigQuery, Spark/Databricks, MySQL default ``sql_mode``); combined with ``withBackslashEscapeCharacter``, ``\\"`` does not end the literal, as in MySQL ``"it\\"s"``
     * - ``withHashLineComments``
       - ``#`` starts a line comment
     * - ``withAdjacentStringLiterals``
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/sf/jsqlparser/parser/CCJSqlParserUtilTest.java b/src/test/java/net/sf/jsqlparser/parser/CCJSqlParserUtilTest.java
index a1686ff2d..93edeebd4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/sf/jsqlparser/parser/CCJSqlParserUtilTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/sf/jsqlparser/parser/CCJSqlParserUtilTest.java
@@ -748,6 +748,75 @@ public void testDoubleQuotedStringsPreset() throws Exception {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testDoubleQuotedStringsWithBackslashEscapes() throws Exception {
+        // MySQL reads "it\"s" as it"s; the escaped quote must not end the literal
+        for (AbstractJSqlParser.Dialect dialect : new AbstractJSqlParser.Dialect[] {
+                AbstractJSqlParser.Dialect.MYSQL, AbstractJSqlParser.Dialect.MARIADB,
+                AbstractJSqlParser.Dialect.BIGQUERY, AbstractJSqlParser.Dialect.DATABRICKS}) {
+            PlainSelect select = (PlainSelect) ((Select) CCJSqlParserUtil.parse(
+                    "SELECT \"it\\\"s\", \"a\\\\\"", p -> p.withDialect(dialect)))
+                    .getSelectBody();
+            assertEquals("it\\\"s",
+                    ((StringValue) select.getSelectItems().get(0).getExpression()).getValue());
+            assertEquals("a\\\\",
+                    ((StringValue) select.getSelectItems().get(1).getExpression()).getValue());
+            assertEquals("SELECT \"it\\\"s\", \"a\\\\\"", select.toString());
+        }
+        // a doubled quote still continues a MySQL literal
+        assertEquals("SELECT \"b\"\"c\\\"d\"", CCJSqlParserUtil.parse("SELECT \"b\"\"c\\\"d\"",
+                p -> p.withDialect(AbstractJSqlParser.Dialect.MYSQL)).toString());
+        String alter = "ALTER TABLE t ADD COLUMN s VARCHAR (10) DEFAULT \"it\\\"s\"";
+        assertEquals(alter, CCJSqlParserUtil
+                .parse(alter, p -> p.withDialect(AbstractJSqlParser.Dialect.MYSQL)).toString());
+        // the same escape needs both features
+        assertEquals("SELECT \"it\\\"s\"", CCJSqlParserUtil.parse("SELECT \"it\\\"s\"",
+                p -> p.withDoubleQuotedStrings(true).withBackslashEscapeCharacter(true))
+                .toString());
+        assertThrows(JSQLParserException.class, () -> CCJSqlParserUtil
+                .parse("SELECT \"it\\\"s\"", p -> p.withDoubleQuotedStrings(true)));
+        // MySQL closes "a\"" before b, so the rest is unterminated as on the server
+        assertThrows(JSQLParserException.class, () -> CCJSqlParserUtil.parse(
+                "SELECT \"a\\\"\"b\"", p -> p.withDialect(AbstractJSqlParser.Dialect.MYSQL)));
+        // quoted identifiers keep a trailing backslash
+        for (AbstractJSqlParser.Dialect dialect : new AbstractJSqlParser.Dialect[] {null,
+                AbstractJSqlParser.Dialect.POSTGRESQL, AbstractJSqlParser.Dialect.SNOWFLAKE}) {
+            PlainSelect select = (PlainSelect) ((Select) CCJSqlParserUtil.parse(
+                    "SELECT \"col\\\" FROM \"t\"", p -> {
+                        if (dialect != null) {
+                            p.withDialect(dialect);
+                        }
+                    })).getSelectBody();
+            assertEquals("\"col\\\"",
+                    ((Column) select.getSelectItems().get(0).getExpression()).getColumnName());
+            assertEquals("SELECT \"col\\\" FROM \"t\"", select.toString());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSingleQuotedStringsMixBackslashEscapesAndDoubledQuotes() throws Exception {
+        // each is one MySQL string; the first used to split into a string and an alias
+        for (String literal : new String[] {"'it\\'s ''x'''", "'a\\0b\\'c'", "'\\Z\\''",
+                "'a''b\\'c'", "'x\\%\\'y'", "N'it\\'s'"}) {
+            PlainSelect select = (PlainSelect) ((Select) CCJSqlParserUtil.parse(
+                    "SELECT " + literal + " FROM t",
+                    p -> p.withDialect(AbstractJSqlParser.Dialect.MYSQL))).getSelectBody();
+            assertEquals(1, select.getSelectItems().size(), literal);
+            assertNull(select.getSelectItems().get(0).getAlias(), literal);
+            assertInstanceOf(StringValue.class, select.getSelectItems().get(0).getExpression());
+            assertEquals("SELECT " + literal + " FROM t", select.toString());
+        }
+        // PostgreSQL E'' strings escape quotes; standard strings keep a literal backslash
+        assertEquals("SELECT E'it\\'s ''x'''", CCJSqlParserUtil.parse("SELECT E'it\\'s ''x'''",
+                p -> p.withDialect(AbstractJSqlParser.Dialect.POSTGRESQL)).toString());
+        assertEquals("SELECT 'a\\', 'b'", CCJSqlParserUtil.parse("SELECT 'a\\', 'b'",
+                p -> p.withDialect(AbstractJSqlParser.Dialect.POSTGRESQL)).toString());
+        // without backslash escapes the literal still ends at the escaped-looking quote
+        assertEquals("SELECT 'a\\' AS x", CCJSqlParserUtil.parse("SELECT 'a\\' AS x").toString());
+        assertEquals("SELECT * FROM t WHERE a LIKE 'x\\_%' ESCAPE '\\'", CCJSqlParserUtil
+                .parse("SELECT * FROM t WHERE a LIKE 'x\\_%' ESCAPE '\\'").toString());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testAdjacentStringLiteralsNewline() throws Exception {
         // default (off): the MySQL / SQL Server alias reading, unchanged