diff --git a/pkg/govis/govis.go b/pkg/govis/govis.go
index 4200af2..cf78a08 100644
--- a/pkg/govis/govis.go
+++ b/pkg/govis/govis.go
@@ -32,16 +32,17 @@ type VisFlag uint
 // mtree only uses one set of flags, implementing them all is necessary in
 // order to have compatibility with BSD's vis() and unvis() commands.
 const (
-	VisOctal     VisFlag = (1 << iota)     // VIS_OCTAL: Use octal \ddd format.
-	VisCStyle                              // VIS_CSTYLE: Use \[nrft0..] where appropriate.
-	VisSpace                               // VIS_SP: Also encode space.
-	VisTab                                 // VIS_TAB: Also encode tab.
-	VisNewline                             // VIS_NL: Also encode newline.
-	VisSafe                                // VIS_SAFE: Encode unsafe characters.
-	VisNoSlash                             // VIS_NOSLASH: Inhibit printing '\'.
-	VisHTTPStyle                           // VIS_HTTPSTYLE: HTTP-style escape %xx.
-	VisGlob                                // VIS_GLOB: Encode glob(3) magics.
-	visMask      VisFlag = (1 << iota) - 1 // Mask of all flags.
+	VisOctal       VisFlag = (1 << iota)     // VIS_OCTAL: Use octal \ddd format.
+	VisCStyle                                // VIS_CSTYLE: Use \[nrft0..] where appropriate.
+	VisSpace                                 // VIS_SP: Also encode space.
+	VisTab                                   // VIS_TAB: Also encode tab.
+	VisNewline                               // VIS_NL: Also encode newline.
+	VisSafe                                  // VIS_SAFE: Encode unsafe characters.
+	VisNoSlash                               // VIS_NOSLASH: Inhibit printing '\'.
+	VisHTTPStyle                             // VIS_HTTPSTYLE: HTTP-style escape %xx.
+	VisGlob                                  // VIS_GLOB: Encode glob(3) magics.
+	VisDoubleQuote                           // VIS_DQ: Encode double-quotes (").
+	visMask        VisFlag = (1 << iota) - 1 // Mask of all flags.
 
 	VisWhite VisFlag = (VisSpace | VisTab | VisNewline)
 )
diff --git a/pkg/govis/unvis.go b/pkg/govis/unvis.go
index 7f20ad7..b90fe72 100644
--- a/pkg/govis/unvis.go
+++ b/pkg/govis/unvis.go
@@ -225,9 +225,9 @@ func (p *unvisParser) escapeSequence() error {
 	}
 
 	switch ch {
-	case '\\':
+	case '\\', '"':
 		p.Step()
-		return p.output.WriteByte('\\')
+		return p.output.WriteByte(byte(ch))
 
 	case '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7':
 		return p.escapeDigits(8, false)
diff --git a/pkg/govis/unvis_test.go b/pkg/govis/unvis_test.go
index ae9945f..5915ce3 100644
--- a/pkg/govis/unvis_test.go
+++ b/pkg/govis/unvis_test.go
@@ -65,12 +65,13 @@ func TestUnvisCStyleEscape(t *testing.T) {
 		expected string
 	}{
 		{"", ""},
-		{"\\n\\v\\t\\s", "\n\v\t "},
-		{"\\\\n\\tt", "\\n\tt"},
-		{"\\b", "\b"},
-		{"\\r\\b\\n", "\r\b\n"},
-		{"\\a\\a\\b", "\x07\x07\b"},
-		{"\\f\\s\\E", "\f \x1b"},
+		{`\n\v\t\s`, "\n\v\t "},
+		{`\\n\tt`, "\\n\tt"},
+		{`\b`, "\b"},
+		{`\r\b\n`, "\r\b\n"},
+		{`\a\a\b`, "\x07\x07\b"},
+		{`\f\s\E`, "\f \x1b"},
+		{`\"foo\"\\"bar`, `"foo"\"bar`},
 		// Hidden markers. They actually aren't generated by vis(3) but for
 		// some reason, they're supported...
 		{"test\\\ning", "testing"},
diff --git a/pkg/govis/vis.go b/pkg/govis/vis.go
index e7efc6b..2965bcd 100644
--- a/pkg/govis/vis.go
+++ b/pkg/govis/vis.go
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ func vis(output *strings.Builder, ch byte, flag VisFlag) {
 		// We must *always* encode stuff characters not in ASCII.
 	case flag&VisGlob == VisGlob && isglob(ch):
 		// Glob characters are graphical but can be forced to be encoded.
-	case flag&VisNoSlash == 0 && ch == '\\':
+	case flag&VisNoSlash == 0 && ch == '\\',
+		flag&VisDoubleQuote == VisDoubleQuote && ch == '"':
 		// Prefix \ if applicable.
 		_ = output.WriteByte('\\')
 		fallthrough
diff --git a/pkg/govis/vis_test.go b/pkg/govis/vis_test.go
index f7b7a32..327a9f8 100644
--- a/pkg/govis/vis_test.go
+++ b/pkg/govis/vis_test.go
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ func TestVisFlags(t *testing.T) {
 		{"62_\u00c6\u00c62\u00ae\u00b7m\u00db\u00c3r^\u00bfp\u00c6u'q\u00fbc2\u00f0u\u00b8\u00dd\u00e8v\u00ff\u00b0\u00dc\u00c2\u00f53\u00db-k\u00f2sd4\\p\u00da\u00a6\u00d3\u00eea<\u00e6s{\u00a0p\u00f0\u00ffj\u00e0\u00e8\u00b8\u00b8\u00bc\u00fcb", `62_\303\206\303\2062\302\256\302\267m\303\233\303\203r^\302\277p\303\206u'q\303\273c2\303\260u\302\270\303\235\303\250v\303\277\302\260\303\234\303\202\303\2653\303\233-k\303\262sd4\\p\303\232\302\246\303\223\303\256a<\303\246s{\302\240p\303\260\303\277j\303\240\303\250\302\270\302\270\302\274\303\274b`, VisGlob | VisOctal},
 		{"'3Ze\u050e|\u02del\u069du-Rpct4+Z5b={@_{b", `'3Ze\M-T\M^N|\M-K\M^^l\M-Z\M^]u-Rpct4+Z5b={@_{b`, VisGlob},
 		{"'3Ze\u050e|\u02del\u069du-Rpct4+Z5b={@_{b", `'3Ze\324\216|\313\236l\332\235u-Rpct4+Z5b={@_{b`, VisGlob | VisOctal},
+		// VisDoubleQuote
+		{`Foo="Bar's"`, `Foo="Bar's"`, 0},
+		{`Foo="Bar's"`, `Foo=\"Bar's\"`, VisDoubleQuote},
+		{`"“Unicode” ‘Quote’s’"`, `\"\M-b\M^@\M^\Unicode\M-b\M^@\M^] \M-b\M^@\M^XQuote\M-b\M^@\M^Ys\M-b\M^@\M^Y\"`, VisDoubleQuote},
+		{`"“Unicode” ‘Quote’s’"`, `\"\342\200\234Unicode\342\200\235 \342\200\230Quote\342\200\231s\342\200\231\"`, VisDoubleQuote | VisOctal},
 	} {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("Test%.2d", idx), func(t *testing.T) {
 			enc, err := Vis(test.input, test.flag)