diff --git a/parse_test.go b/parse_test.go
index 0096e004d..20fe9a6ac 100644
--- a/parse_test.go
+++ b/parse_test.go
@@ -144,6 +144,38 @@ func TestTXTEscapeParsing(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestTXTEscapeJustParse(t *testing.T) {
+	test := [][]string{
+		{`unquoted`, `unquoted`},
+		{`"quoted"`, `quoted`},
+		//{`inner"quote`, `inner"quote`},  // Parse error
+		//{`"quoted"quote"`, `quoted"quote`}, // Parse error
+		{`"innerescaped\"quote"`, `innerescaped"quote`},
+		{`1back\slash`, `1back\slash`},
+		{`2back\\slash`, `2back\\slash`},
+		{`3back\\\slash`, `3back\\\slash`},
+		{`4back\\\\slash`, `4back\\\\slash`},
+		{`5back\\\\\slash`, `5back\\\\\slash`},
+		{`"q1back\slash"`, `1backslash`},
+		{`"q2back\\slash"`, `2back\slash`},
+		{`"q3back\\\slash"`, `3back\slash`},
+		{`"q4back\\\\slash"`, `4back\\slash`},
+		{`"q5back\\\\\slash"`, `5back\\slash`},
+	}
+	for _, s := range test {
+		rr, err := NewRR(fmt.Sprintf("example.com. IN TXT %v", s[0]))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("could not parse %v TXT: %s", s[0], err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		parsed := rr.(*TXT).Txt[0]
+		if parsed != s[1] {
+			t.Errorf("mismatch after parsing `%v` TXT record: `%v` != `%v`", s[0], parsed, s[1])
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func GenerateDomain(r *rand.Rand, size int) []byte {
 	dnLen := size % 70 // artificially limit size so there's less to interpret if a failure occurs
 	var dn []byte