diff --git a/priv/test_cases/string_escapes.json b/priv/test_cases/string_escapes.json
index 461bc67..3c9af78 100644
--- a/priv/test_cases/string_escapes.json
+++ b/priv/test_cases/string_escapes.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-["\"", "\\", "\/", "\b", "\f", "\n", "\r", "\t"]
\ No newline at end of file
+["\"", "\\", "\b", "\f", "\n", "\r", "\t"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/priv/test_cases/string_escapes.test b/priv/test_cases/string_escapes.test
index 7cd460c..8f6eeed 100644
--- a/priv/test_cases/string_escapes.test
+++ b/priv/test_cases/string_escapes.test
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 {jsx, [start_array,
  {string,<<"\"">>},
  {string,<<"\\">>},
- {string,<<"/">>},
  {string,<<"\b">>},
  {string,<<"\f">>},
  {string,<<"\n">>},
diff --git a/src/jsx_decoder.erl b/src/jsx_decoder.erl
index eb85efa..4055b2e 100644
--- a/src/jsx_decoder.erl
+++ b/src/jsx_decoder.erl
@@ -348,13 +348,16 @@ escape(<<$r, Rest/binary>>, Handler, [Acc|Stack], Opts) ->
     string(Rest, Handler, [?acc_seq(Acc, $\r)|Stack], Opts);
 escape(<<$t, Rest/binary>>, Handler, [Acc|Stack], Opts) ->
     string(Rest, Handler, [?acc_seq(Acc, $\t)|Stack], Opts);
-escape(<<$u, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Opts) ->
-    escaped_unicode(Rest, Handler, [?new_seq()|Stack], Opts);      
-escape(<<S, Rest/binary>>, Handler, [Acc|Stack], Opts) 
-        when S =:= ?doublequote; S =:= ?solidus; S =:= ?rsolidus ->
-    string(Rest, Handler, [?acc_seq(Acc, S)|Stack], Opts);
+escape(<<?rsolidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, [Acc|Stack], Opts) ->
+    string(Rest, Handler, [?acc_seq(Acc, $\\)|Stack], Opts);
+escape(<<?solidus, Rest/binary>>, Handler, [Acc|Stack], Opts=#opts{escape_forward_slash=true}) ->
+    string(Rest, Handler, [?acc_seq(Acc, $/)|Stack], Opts);
+escape(<<?doublequote, Rest/binary>>, Handler, [Acc|Stack], Opts) ->
+    string(Rest, Handler, [?acc_seq(Acc, $\")|Stack], Opts);
 escape(<<?singlequote, Rest/binary>>, Handler, [Acc|Stack], Opts = #opts{single_quotes=true}) ->
     string(Rest, Handler, [?acc_seq(Acc, ?singlequote)|Stack], Opts);
+escape(<<$u, Rest/binary>>, Handler, Stack, Opts) ->
+    escaped_unicode(Rest, Handler, [?new_seq()|Stack], Opts);
 escape(<<>>, Handler, Stack, Opts) ->
     ?incomplete(escape, <<>>, Handler, Stack, Opts);
 escape(Bin, Handler, Stack, Opts) ->
@@ -1011,6 +1014,15 @@ comments_test_() ->
     ].
 
 
+escape_forward_slash_test_() ->
+    [
+        {"escape forward slash test", ?_assertEqual(
+            decode(<<"[ \" \/ \" ]">>, [escape_forward_slash]),
+            [start_array, {string, <<" / ">>}, end_array, end_json]
+        )}
+    ].
+
+
 noncharacters_test_() ->
     [
         {"noncharacters - badjson",