diff --git a/docs/pages/release_notes.md b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
index 8b53655c31..5e8fe25beb 100644
--- a/docs/pages/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ This is a {{ site.pmd.release_type }} release.
 
 ### Fixed Issues
 
+*   go
+    *   [#1751](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1751): \[go] Parsing errors encountered with escaped backslash
 *   java
     *   [#1729](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1729): \[java] JavaRuleViolation loses information in `className` field when class has package-private access level
 *   java-bestpractices
diff --git a/pmd-go/src/main/antlr4/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/go/antlr4/Golang.g4 b/pmd-go/src/main/antlr4/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/go/antlr4/Golang.g4
index ec54cbac43..673c0b6682 100644
--- a/pmd-go/src/main/antlr4/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/go/antlr4/Golang.g4
+++ b/pmd-go/src/main/antlr4/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/go/antlr4/Golang.g4
@@ -917,10 +917,10 @@ RUNE_LIT
 
 //unicode_value    = unicode_char | little_u_value | big_u_value | escaped_char .
 fragment UNICODE_VALUE
-    : UNICODE_CHAR
-    | LITTLE_U_VALUE
+    : LITTLE_U_VALUE
     | BIG_U_VALUE
     | ESCAPED_CHAR
+    | UNICODE_CHAR
     ;
 
 //byte_value       = octal_byte_value | hex_byte_value .
diff --git a/pmd-go/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/EdgeCasesTokenizerTest.java b/pmd-go/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/EdgeCasesTokenizerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d56e989f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-go/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/EdgeCasesTokenizerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/**
+ * BSD-style license; for more info see http://pmd.sourceforge.net/license.html
+ */
+
+package net.sourceforge.pmd.cpd;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class EdgeCasesTokenizerTest {
+
+    private String getSampleCode(final String filename) throws IOException {
+        return IOUtils.toString(GoTokenizer.class.getResourceAsStream(filename), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEscapedBackSlash() throws IOException {
+        // See https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1751
+        final String filename = "issue1751.go";
+        final GoTokenizer tokenizer = new GoTokenizer();
+        final SourceCode sourceCode = new SourceCode(new SourceCode.StringCodeLoader(getSampleCode(filename), filename));
+        
+        final Tokens tokens = new Tokens();
+        tokenizer.tokenize(sourceCode, tokens); // it should simply not fail
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pmd-go/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/issue1751.go b/pmd-go/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/issue1751.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e0042e68a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-go/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/cpd/issue1751.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+func test(in *Value, param *Value) (*Value, *Error) {
+	output := strings.Replace(in.String(), "\\", "\\\\", -1)
+	output = strings.Replace(output, "\"", "\\\"", -1)
+	output = strings.Replace(output, "'", "\\'", -1)
+	return AsValue(output), nil
+}