diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a69c8d71a9..ff309cc55d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Tue Jun 28 21:44:58 2011  Keiju Ishitsuka  <keiju@ishitsuka.com>
+
+	* lib/irb/ruby-lex.rb: recognize '\char' in ruby statement.
+
 Tue Jun 28 20:39:29 2011  Hiroshi Nakamura  <nahi@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* lib/debug.rb (var_list): Command 'var *' did not work on 1.9(!).
diff --git a/lib/irb/ruby-lex.rb b/lib/irb/ruby-lex.rb
index 7aec45c429..2a23534bf3 100644
--- a/lib/irb/ruby-lex.rb
+++ b/lib/irb/ruby-lex.rb
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ class RubyLex
 	@continue = true
 	Token(TkSPACE)
       else
-	ungetc
+	read_escape
 	Token("\\")
       end
     end