1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index ae7046fd03..92452eb5ef 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ int common_prefix(const char **pathspec)
 
 static inline int special_char(unsigned char c1)
 {
-	return !c1 || c1 == '*' || c1 == '[' || c1 == '?';
+	return !c1 || c1 == '*' || c1 == '[' || c1 == '?' || c1 == '\\';
 }
 
 /*