diff --git a/src/gui/text/qtextengine.cpp b/src/gui/text/qtextengine.cpp
index fcf1a1468c..8e2b90033c 100644
--- a/src/gui/text/qtextengine.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/text/qtextengine.cpp
@@ -2449,6 +2449,7 @@ bool QTextEngine::atWordSeparator(int position) const
     case '`':
     case '~':
     case '|':
+    case '\\':
         return true;
     default:
         break;