diff --git a/src/Build.UnitTests/Construction/SolutionFile_Tests.cs b/src/Build.UnitTests/Construction/SolutionFile_Tests.cs
index fbccc9a28bb..58a0d5dcf37 100644
--- a/src/Build.UnitTests/Construction/SolutionFile_Tests.cs
+++ b/src/Build.UnitTests/Construction/SolutionFile_Tests.cs
@@ -698,6 +698,35 @@ public void ParseFirstProjectLineWhereProjectNameHasSpecialCharacters()
             Assert.Equal("Unique name-GUID", proj.ProjectGuid);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Test some characters that are valid in a file name but that also could be
+        /// considered a delimiter by a parser. Does quoting work for special characters?
+        /// </summary>
+        [Fact]
+        public void ParseFirstProjectLineWhereProjectPathHasBackslash()
+        {
+            using (var env = TestEnvironment.Create())
+            {
+                var solutionFolder = env.CreateFolder(Path.Combine(FileUtilities.GetTemporaryDirectory(), "sln"));
+                var projectFolder = env.CreateFolder(Path.Combine(solutionFolder.FolderPath, "RelativePath"));
+
+                SolutionFile p = new SolutionFile();
+                p.FullPath = Path.Combine(solutionFolder.FolderPath, "RelativePath", "project file");
+                p.SolutionFileDirectory = Path.GetFullPath(solutionFolder.FolderPath);
+                ProjectInSolution proj = new ProjectInSolution(p);
+
+                p.ParseFirstProjectLine
+                (
+                    "Project(\"{Project GUID}\")  = \"ProjectInSubdirectory\",  \"RelativePath\\project file\"    , \"Unique name-GUID\"",
+                    proj
+                );
+                Assert.Equal(SolutionProjectType.Unknown, proj.ProjectType);
+                Assert.Equal("ProjectInSubdirectory", proj.ProjectName);
+                Assert.Equal(Path.Combine("RelativePath", "project file"), proj.RelativePath);
+                Assert.Equal("Unique name-GUID", proj.ProjectGuid);
+            }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Helper method to create a SolutionFile object, and call it to parse the SLN file
         /// represented by the string contents passed in.
diff --git a/src/Build/Construction/Solution/ProjectInSolution.cs b/src/Build/Construction/Solution/ProjectInSolution.cs
index 453879eb1b9..ffe522502b8 100644
--- a/src/Build/Construction/Solution/ProjectInSolution.cs
+++ b/src/Build/Construction/Solution/ProjectInSolution.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 using System.Security;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Xml;
+using Microsoft.Build.Shared;
 
 using XMakeAttributes = Microsoft.Build.Shared.XMakeAttributes;
 using ProjectFileErrorUtilities = Microsoft.Build.Shared.ProjectFileErrorUtilities;
@@ -155,7 +156,11 @@ public string ProjectName
         public string RelativePath
         {
             get { return _relativePath; }
-            internal set { _relativePath = value; }
+            internal set
+            {
+                _relativePath = FileUtilities.MaybeAdjustFilePath(value,
+                                                    baseDirectory:this.ParentSolution.SolutionFileDirectory ?? String.Empty);
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>