diff --git a/docs/pages/release_notes.md b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
index b8f8783555..2178f6ed15 100644
--- a/docs/pages/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
@@ -20,5 +20,7 @@ This is a {{ site.pmd.release_type }} release.
 
 ### External Contributions
 
+*   [#1803](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/1803): \[dart] \[cpd] Dart escape sequences - [Maikel Steneker](https://github.com/maikelsteneker)
+
 {% endtocmaker %}
 
diff --git a/pmd-dart/src/main/antlr4/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/dart/antlr4/Dart2.g4 b/pmd-dart/src/main/antlr4/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/dart/antlr4/Dart2.g4
index aae6073e6a..fcc42ae013 100644
--- a/pmd-dart/src/main/antlr4/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/dart/antlr4/Dart2.g4
+++ b/pmd-dart/src/main/antlr4/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/dart/antlr4/Dart2.g4
@@ -344,8 +344,8 @@ booleanLiteral
 stringLiteral: SingleLineString;
 //stringLiteral: SingleLineString;
 SingleLineString
-  : '"' (~["] | '\\"')* '"'
-  | '\'' (~['] | '\\\'')* '\''
+  : '"' (~[\\"] | '\\\\' | ESCAPE_SEQUENCE | '\\"')* '"'
+  | '\'' (~[\\'] | '\\\\' | ESCAPE_SEQUENCE | '\\\'')* '\''
 //  | 'r\'' (~('\'' | NEWLINE))* '\'' // TODO
 //  | 'r"' (~('\'' | NEWLINE))* '"'
   ;
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ ESCAPE_SEQUENCE
   | '\\x' HEX_DIGIT HEX_DIGIT
   | '\\u' HEX_DIGIT HEX_DIGIT HEX_DIGIT HEX_DIGIT
   | '\\u{' HEX_DIGIT_SEQUENCE '}'
+  | '\\$'
   ;
 fragment
 HEX_DIGIT_SEQUENCE
diff --git a/pmd-dart/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/DartTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-dart/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/DartTokenizerTest.java
index 919001cd09..373444edfa 100644
--- a/pmd-dart/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/DartTokenizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-dart/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/DartTokenizerTest.java
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ public class DartTokenizerTest extends AbstractTokenizerTest {
     public static Collection<Object[]> data() {
         return Arrays.asList(
                 new Object[] { "comment.dart", 5 },
+                new Object[] { "escape_sequences.dart", 13 },
+                new Object[] { "escaped_backslash.dart", 14 },
                 new Object[] { "escaped_string.dart", 17 },
                 new Object[] { "increment.dart", 185 },
                 new Object[] { "imports.dart", 1 }
diff --git a/pmd-dart/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/escape_sequences.dart b/pmd-dart/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/escape_sequences.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d70500426
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-dart/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/escape_sequences.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+var newline = '\n';
+var dollar = '$';
+var escaped_dollar = "\$";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pmd-dart/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/escaped_backslash.dart b/pmd-dart/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/escaped_backslash.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee9c4a6419
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-dart/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/escaped_backslash.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+var separator = '\\';
+var separators = const ['/', '\\'];
\ No newline at end of file