diff --git a/lib/token.h b/lib/token.h
index b87430af3f5..c9e8c68ee4a 100644
--- a/lib/token.h
+++ b/lib/token.h
@@ -751,11 +751,12 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB Token {
 
     bool isCChar() const {
         return (((mTokType == eString) && isPrefixStringCharLiteral(mStr, '"', emptyString)) ||
-                ((mTokType ==  eChar) && isPrefixStringCharLiteral(mStr, '\'', emptyString) && mStr.length() == 3));
+                ((mTokType ==  eChar) && isPrefixStringCharLiteral(mStr, '\'', emptyString) && mStr.length() == 3) ||
+                ((mTokType ==  eChar) && isPrefixStringCharLiteral(mStr, '\'', emptyString) && mStr.compare(0, 2, "\'\\") == 0 && mStr.length() == 4));
     }
 
     bool isCMultiChar() const {
-        return (((mTokType ==  eChar) && isPrefixStringCharLiteral(mStr, '\'', emptyString)) &&
+        return (((mTokType ==  eChar) && isPrefixStringCharLiteral(mStr, '\'', emptyString)) && (mStr.compare(0, 2, "\'\\") != 0 || mStr.length() > 4) &&
                 (mStr.length() > 3));
     }
     /**
diff --git a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
index 10276b3dc72..50346041a10 100644
--- a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
@@ -8887,6 +8887,7 @@ class TestSymbolDatabase : public TestFixture {
 
         // char
         ASSERT_EQUALS("char", typeOf("'a';", "'a'", true));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("char", typeOf("'\\\'';", "'\\\''", true));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("signed int", typeOf("'a';", "'a'", false));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("wchar_t", typeOf("L'a';", "L'a'", true));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("wchar_t", typeOf("L'a';", "L'a'", false));
diff --git a/test/testtoken.cpp b/test/testtoken.cpp
index e2ff0ab0e1b..238bff97bae 100644
--- a/test/testtoken.cpp
+++ b/test/testtoken.cpp
@@ -355,6 +355,22 @@ class TestToken : public TestFixture {
         ASSERT_EQUALS(false, tok.isUtf32());
         ASSERT_EQUALS(false, tok.isLong());
         ASSERT_EQUALS(true, tok.isCMultiChar());
+
+        tok.str("'\\''");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(true, tok.isCChar());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(false, tok.isUtf8());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(false, tok.isUtf16());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(false, tok.isUtf32());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(false, tok.isLong());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(false, tok.isCMultiChar());
+
+        tok.str("'\\r\\n'");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(false, tok.isCChar());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(false, tok.isUtf8());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(false, tok.isUtf16());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(false, tok.isUtf32());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(false, tok.isLong());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(true, tok.isCMultiChar());
     }
 
     void stringTypes() const {