diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5bbf5c513..c3ca4696d 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ $Source$
 2004-10-13 Michal Čihař  <michal@cihar.com>
     * lang/sync_lang.sh: Do not overwrite utf-8 files in some cases.
     * lang/czech: Fix some translations.
+    * libraries/transformations/text_plain__external.inc.php: Handle better
+      backslash.
 
 2004-10-12 Alexander M. Turek  <me@derrabus.de>
     * db_search.php, tbl_select.php, libraries/database_interface.lib.php:
diff --git a/libraries/transformations/text_plain__external.inc.php b/libraries/transformations/text_plain__external.inc.php
index d30cb11a1..d7fa1af0e 100644
--- a/libraries/transformations/text_plain__external.inc.php
+++ b/libraries/transformations/text_plain__external.inc.php
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ function PMA_SecureShellArgs($s) {
             $is_escaped = ! $is_escaped;
             continue;
         }
+        if ($is_escaped && $s[$i - 1] != '\\') {
+            $is_escaped = FALSE;
+        }
         if (!$inside_double && !$is_escaped && $s[$i] == '\'') {
            $inside_single = ! $inside_single;
            continue;