diff --git a/underscore.js b/underscore.js
index b6b28137d..cd2d2bb0a 100644
--- a/underscore.js
+++ b/underscore.js
@@ -909,7 +909,8 @@
          })
          .replace(c.evaluate || null, function(match, code) {
            return "');" + code.replace(/\\'/g, "'")
-                              .replace(/[\r\n\t]/g, ' ') + ";__p.push('";
+                              .replace(/[\r\n\t]/g, ' ')
+                              .replace(/\\\\/g, '\\') + ";__p.push('";
          })
          .replace(/\r/g, '\\r')
          .replace(/\n/g, '\\n')