diff --git a/vlib/builtin/string_test.v b/vlib/builtin/string_test.v
index 5b86600a19..fae933c60c 100644
--- a/vlib/builtin/string_test.v
+++ b/vlib/builtin/string_test.v
@@ -585,6 +585,13 @@ fn test_raw() {
 	println('raw string: "$raw"')
 }
 
+fn test_raw_with_quotes() {
+	raw := r"some'" + r'"thing' // " should be escaped in the generated C code
+	assert raw[0] == `s`
+	assert raw[5] == `"`
+	assert raw[6] == `t`
+}
+
 fn test_escape() {
 	// TODO
 	//a := 10
diff --git a/vlib/compiler/string_expression.v b/vlib/compiler/string_expression.v
index 8340fc2137..e8bd11f4e7 100644
--- a/vlib/compiler/string_expression.v
+++ b/vlib/compiler/string_expression.v
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ fn (p mut Parser) string_expr() {
 	str := p.lit
 	// No ${}, just return a simple string
 	if p.peek() != .str_dollar || is_raw {
-		f := if is_raw { cescaped_path(str) } else { format_str(str) }
+		f := if is_raw { cescaped_path(str).replace('"', '\\"') } else { format_str(str) }
 		// `C.puts('hi')` => `puts("hi");`
 		/*
 		Calling a C function sometimes requires a call to a string method