diff --git a/moshi/src/main/java/com/squareup/moshi/BufferedSourceJsonReader.java b/moshi/src/main/java/com/squareup/moshi/BufferedSourceJsonReader.java
index 1e19383..f31bdda 100644
--- a/moshi/src/main/java/com/squareup/moshi/BufferedSourceJsonReader.java
+++ b/moshi/src/main/java/com/squareup/moshi/BufferedSourceJsonReader.java
@@ -1073,6 +1073,7 @@ final class BufferedSourceJsonReader extends JsonReader {
       case '\'':
       case '"':
       case '\\':
+      case '/':
         return (char) escaped;
 
       default:
diff --git a/moshi/src/test/java/com/squareup/moshi/BufferedSourceJsonReaderTest.java b/moshi/src/test/java/com/squareup/moshi/BufferedSourceJsonReaderTest.java
index 1174795..8927e42 100644
--- a/moshi/src/test/java/com/squareup/moshi/BufferedSourceJsonReaderTest.java
+++ b/moshi/src/test/java/com/squareup/moshi/BufferedSourceJsonReaderTest.java
@@ -1804,6 +1804,12 @@ public final class BufferedSourceJsonReaderTest {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test public void validEscapes() throws IOException {
+    JsonReader reader = newReader("[\"\\\"\\\\\\/\\b\\f\\n\\r\\t\"]");
+    reader.beginArray();
+    assertThat(reader.nextString()).isEqualTo("\"\\/\b\f\n\r\t");
+  }
+
   @Test public void invalidEscape() throws IOException {
     JsonReader reader = newReader("[\"str\\ing\"]");
     reader.beginArray();