diff --git a/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/AbstractJdbc1DatabaseMetaData.java b/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/AbstractJdbc1DatabaseMetaData.java
index 7a49878b1c5..c0d7b089d7a 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/AbstractJdbc1DatabaseMetaData.java
+++ b/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/AbstractJdbc1DatabaseMetaData.java
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractJdbc1DatabaseMetaData
 	{
 		if (Driver.logDebug)
 			Driver.debug("getSearchStringEscape");
-		return "\\";
+		return "\\\\";
 	}
 
 	/*