diff --git a/src/dump.c b/src/dump.c
index 4251104..30d5433 100644
--- a/src/dump.c
+++ b/src/dump.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static int dump_indent(size_t flags, int depth, int space, json_dump_callback_t
     return 0;
 }
 
-static int dump_string(const char *str, int ascii, json_dump_callback_t dump, void *data)
+static int dump_string(const char *str, int ascii, json_dump_callback_t dump, void *data, size_t flags)
 {
     const char *pos, *end;
     int32_t codepoint;
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ static int dump_string(const char *str, int ascii, json_dump_callback_t dump, vo
                 return -1;
 
             /* mandatory escape or control char */
-            if(codepoint == '\\' || codepoint == '"' || codepoint < 0x20)
+            if(codepoint == '\\' || codepoint == '/' || codepoint == '"' || codepoint < 0x20)
                 break;
 
             /* non-ASCII */
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static int dump_string(const char *str, int ascii, json_dump_callback_t dump, vo
         if(end == pos)
             break;
 
-        /* handle \, ", and control codes */
+        /* handle \, /, ", and control codes */
         length = 2;
         switch(codepoint)
         {
@@ -113,6 +113,14 @@ static int dump_string(const char *str, int ascii, json_dump_callback_t dump, vo
             case '\n': text = "\\n"; break;
             case '\r': text = "\\r"; break;
             case '\t': text = "\\t"; break;
+            case '/':
+                if (flags & JSON_ESCAPE_SLASH)
+                    text = "\\/";
+                else {
+                    text = "/";
+                    length = 1;
+                }
+                break;
             default:
             {
                 /* codepoint is in BMP */
@@ -206,7 +214,7 @@ static int do_dump(const json_t *json, size_t flags, int depth,
         }
 
         case JSON_STRING:
-            return dump_string(json_string_value(json), ascii, dump, data);
+            return dump_string(json_string_value(json), ascii, dump, data, flags);
 
         case JSON_ARRAY:
         {
@@ -327,7 +335,7 @@ static int do_dump(const json_t *json, size_t flags, int depth,
                     value = json_object_get(json, key);
                     assert(value);
 
-                    dump_string(key, ascii, dump, data);
+                    dump_string(key, ascii, dump, data, flags);
                     if(dump(separator, separator_length, data) ||
                        do_dump(value, flags, depth + 1, dump, data))
                     {
@@ -364,7 +372,7 @@ static int do_dump(const json_t *json, size_t flags, int depth,
                 {
                     void *next = json_object_iter_next((json_t *)json, iter);
 
-                    dump_string(json_object_iter_key(iter), ascii, dump, data);
+                    dump_string(json_object_iter_key(iter), ascii, dump, data, flags);
                     if(dump(separator, separator_length, data) ||
                        do_dump(json_object_iter_value(iter), flags, depth + 1,
                                dump, data))
diff --git a/src/jansson.h b/src/jansson.h
index e22b68f..966ceeb 100644
--- a/src/jansson.h
+++ b/src/jansson.h
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ json_t *json_load_callback(json_load_callback_t callback, void *data, size_t fla
 #define JSON_SORT_KEYS      0x80
 #define JSON_PRESERVE_ORDER 0x100
 #define JSON_ENCODE_ANY     0x200
+#define JSON_ESCAPE_SLASH   0x400
 
 typedef int (*json_dump_callback_t)(const char *buffer, size_t size, void *data);
 
diff --git a/test/suites/api/test_dump.c b/test/suites/api/test_dump.c
index c1a3763..8cd659c 100644
--- a/test/suites/api/test_dump.c
+++ b/test/suites/api/test_dump.c
@@ -133,9 +133,34 @@ static void encode_other_than_array_or_object()
 
 }
 
+static void escape_slashes()
+{
+    /* Test dump escaping slashes */
+
+    json_t *json;
+    char *result;
+
+    json = json_object();
+    json_object_set_new(json, "url", json_string("https://github.com/akheron/jansson"));
+
+    result = json_dumps(json, 0);
+    if(!result || strcmp(result, "{\"url\": \"https://github.com/akheron/jansson\"}"))
+        fail("json_dumps failed to not escape slashes");
+
+    free(result);
+
+    result = json_dumps(json, JSON_ESCAPE_SLASH);
+    if(!result || strcmp(result, "{\"url\": \"https:\\/\\/github.com\\/akheron\\/jansson\"}"))
+        fail("json_dumps failed to escape slashes");
+
+    free(result);
+    json_decref(json);
+}
+
 static void run_tests()
 {
     encode_twice();
     circular_references();
     encode_other_than_array_or_object();
+    escape_slashes();
 }