diff --git a/go/src/miller/dsl/ast.go b/go/src/miller/dsl/ast.go
index 83e691eba..6445fe865 100644
--- a/go/src/miller/dsl/ast.go
+++ b/go/src/miller/dsl/ast.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package dsl
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
 	"miller/parsing/token"
 )
@@ -127,16 +128,20 @@ func NewASTNodeStripDollarPlease(itok interface{}, nodeType TNodeType) (*ASTNode
 	return NewASTNodeNestable(newToken, nodeType), nil
 }
 
-// Likewise for the leading/trailing double quotes on string literals.
+// Likewise for the leading/trailing double quotes on string literals.  Also,
+// since string literals can have backslash-escaped double-quotes like
+// "...\"...\"...", we also unbackslash here.
 func NewASTNodeStripDoubleQuotePairPlease(
 	itok interface{},
 	nodeType TNodeType,
 ) (*ASTNode, error) {
 	oldToken := itok.(*token.Token)
 	n := len(oldToken.Lit)
+	contents := string(oldToken.Lit[1 : n-1])
+	contents = strings.ReplaceAll(contents, "\\\"", "\"")
 	newToken := &token.Token{
 		Type: oldToken.Type,
-		Lit:  oldToken.Lit[1 : n-1],
+		Lit:  []byte(contents),
 		Pos:  oldToken.Pos,
 	}
 	return NewASTNodeNestable(newToken, nodeType), nil
diff --git a/go/src/miller/parsing/mlr.bnf b/go/src/miller/parsing/mlr.bnf
index 85ce26197..5cd8534c3 100644
--- a/go/src/miller/parsing/mlr.bnf
+++ b/go/src/miller/parsing/mlr.bnf
@@ -662,7 +662,9 @@ MlrvalOrFunction
 
 // As with '$' on md_token_field_name, so too for md_token_string_literal we
 // get LR-1 conflicts if we attempt to put the double quotes here.  Hence the
-// quote-stripper AST method.
+// quote-stripper AST method. Also, since string literals can have
+// backslash-escaped double-quotes like "...\"...\"...", we also unbackslash
+// in the same method.
 MlrvalOrFunction
   : md_token_string_literal  << dsl.NewASTNodeStripDoubleQuotePairPlease(
     $0,
diff --git a/go/u/try-cst b/go/u/try-cst
index a82cad8a5..4275d0996 100755
--- a/go/u/try-cst
+++ b/go/u/try-cst
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ echo; run_mlr --from u/s.dkvp --idkvp --opprint put '$z = true  || %%%panic%%%'
 echo; run_mlr --from u/s.dkvp --idkvp --opprint put '$z = true  ? 4 : %%%panic%%%'
 echo; run_mlr --from u/s.dkvp --idkvp --opprint put '$z = false ? %%%panic%%% : 5'
 
+echo; run_mlr --from u/s.dkvp --idkvp --opprint put '$z = "abc\"def\"ghi"'
+
 echo; run_mlr --from u/s.dkvp --idkvp --opprint put -v '$i += 2'
 echo; run_mlr --from u/s.dkvp --idkvp --opprint put -v '$i *= 2'
 echo; run_mlr --from u/s.dkvp --idkvp --opprint put -v '$i /= 2'
diff --git a/go/u/try-cst.out b/go/u/try-cst.out
index 3a965dbae..f5c6bce87 100644
--- a/go/u/try-cst.out
+++ b/go/u/try-cst.out
@@ -774,6 +774,15 @@ wye wye 3 0.20460330576630303 0.33831852551664776 5
 eks wye 4 0.38139939387114097 0.13418874328430463 5
 
 
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+mlr --from u/s.dkvp --idkvp --opprint put $z = "abc\"def\"ghi"
+a   b   i x                   y                   z
+pan pan 1 0.3467901443380824  0.7268028627434533  abc"def"ghi
+eks pan 2 0.7586799647899636  0.5221511083334797  abc"def"ghi
+wye wye 3 0.20460330576630303 0.33831852551664776 abc"def"ghi
+eks wye 4 0.38139939387114097 0.13418874328430463 abc"def"ghi
+
+
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 mlr --from u/s.dkvp --idkvp --opprint put -v $i += 2
 DSL EXPRESSION: