diff --git a/shell/ext-py/sqlparse-0.1.14/sqlparse/lexer.py b/shell/ext-py/sqlparse-0.1.14/sqlparse/lexer.py
index 6bd414fb6..b7a33ff28 100644
--- a/shell/ext-py/sqlparse-0.1.14/sqlparse/lexer.py
+++ b/shell/ext-py/sqlparse-0.1.14/sqlparse/lexer.py
@@ -191,8 +191,7 @@ class Lexer(object):
             (r'[-]?[0-9]*(\.[0-9]+)?[eE][-]?[0-9]+', tokens.Number.Float),
             (r'[-]?[0-9]*\.[0-9]+', tokens.Number.Float),
             (r'[-]?[0-9]+', tokens.Number.Integer),
-            # TODO: Backslash escapes?
-            (r"'(''|\\'|[^'])*'", tokens.String.Single),
+            (r"'(''|\\\\|\\'|[^'])*'", tokens.String.Single),
             # not a real string literal in ANSI SQL:
             (r'(""|".*?[^\\]")', tokens.String.Symbol),
             (r'(\[.*[^\]]\])', tokens.Name),
diff --git a/shell/ext-py/sqlparse-0.1.14/tests/test_split.py b/shell/ext-py/sqlparse-0.1.14/tests/test_split.py
index e4ebf7e51..54e8d04db 100644
--- a/shell/ext-py/sqlparse-0.1.14/tests/test_split.py
+++ b/shell/ext-py/sqlparse-0.1.14/tests/test_split.py
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ class SQLSplitTest(TestCaseBase):
         self.ndiffAssertEqual(unicode(stmts[0]), self._sql1)
         self.ndiffAssertEqual(unicode(stmts[1]), sql2)
 
+    def test_split_backslash(self):
+        stmts = sqlparse.parse(r"select '\\'; select '\''; select '\\\'';")
+        self.assertEqual(len(stmts), 3)
+
     def test_create_function(self):
         sql = load_file('function.sql')
         stmts = sqlparse.parse(sql)
diff --git a/tests/shell/test_shell_commandline.py b/tests/shell/test_shell_commandline.py
index d5052469c..c34913b46 100755
--- a/tests/shell/test_shell_commandline.py
+++ b/tests/shell/test_shell_commandline.py
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ class TestImpalaShell(object):
     args = '-q "%s" -B' % queries
     run_impala_shell_cmd(args)
 
+  @pytest.mark.execute_serially
+  def test_multiple_queries_with_escaped_backslash(self):
+    # Regression test for string containing an escaped backslash. This relies on the
+    # patch at thirdparty/patches/sqlparse/0001-....patch.
+    run_impala_shell_cmd(r'''-q "select '\\\\'; select '\\'';" -B''')
+
   @pytest.mark.execute_serially
   def test_default_db(self):
     args = '-d %s -q "describe %s" --quiet' % (TEST_DB, TEST_TBL)