diff --git a/contrib/utils/wxrc/wxrc.cpp b/contrib/utils/wxrc/wxrc.cpp
index dd50078300..ca65863eaf 100644
--- a/contrib/utils/wxrc/wxrc.cpp
+++ b/contrib/utils/wxrc/wxrc.cpp
@@ -567,6 +567,8 @@ static wxString ConvertText(const wxString& str)
                 case wxT('\n') : str2 << wxT("\\n"); break;
                 case wxT('\t') : str2 << wxT("\\t"); break;
                 case wxT('\r') : str2 << wxT("\\r"); break;
+                case wxT('\\') : str2 << wxT("\\\\"); break;
+                case wxT('"')  : str2 << wxT("\\\""); break;
                 default        : str2 << *dt; break;
             }
         }
diff --git a/utils/wxrc/wxrc.cpp b/utils/wxrc/wxrc.cpp
index dd50078300..ca65863eaf 100644
--- a/utils/wxrc/wxrc.cpp
+++ b/utils/wxrc/wxrc.cpp
@@ -567,6 +567,8 @@ static wxString ConvertText(const wxString& str)
                 case wxT('\n') : str2 << wxT("\\n"); break;
                 case wxT('\t') : str2 << wxT("\\t"); break;
                 case wxT('\r') : str2 << wxT("\\r"); break;
+                case wxT('\\') : str2 << wxT("\\\\"); break;
+                case wxT('"')  : str2 << wxT("\\\""); break;
                 default        : str2 << *dt; break;
             }
         }