diff --git a/examples/javascript.pegjs b/examples/javascript.pegjs
index 2fd06f2..9ee3fd9 100644
--- a/examples/javascript.pegjs
+++ b/examples/javascript.pegjs
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ SingleEscapeCharacter: ['"\\bfnrtv] {
     .replace("n", "\n")
     .replace("r", "\r")
     .replace("t", "\t")
-    .replace("v", "\v")
+    .replace("v", "\x0B") // IE does not recognize "\v".
 }
 
 NonEscapeCharacter: (!EscapeCharacter / LineTerminator) SourceCharacter {
diff --git a/lib/metagrammar.js b/lib/metagrammar.js
index 53f9095..daab3e0 100644
--- a/lib/metagrammar.js
+++ b/lib/metagrammar.js
@@ -2394,7 +2394,7 @@ PEG.grammarParser = (function(){
             .replace("n", "\n")
             .replace("r", "\r")
             .replace("t", "\t")
-            .replace("v", "\v")
+            .replace("v", "\x0B") // IE does not recognize "\v".
          }).apply(this, result234)
         : null;
       
diff --git a/lib/metagrammar.pegjs b/lib/metagrammar.pegjs
index 76d4f39..147d86c 100644
--- a/lib/metagrammar.pegjs
+++ b/lib/metagrammar.pegjs
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ simpleEscapeSequence: "\\" !(digit / "x" / "u" / eolChar) . {
     .replace("n", "\n")
     .replace("r", "\r")
     .replace("t", "\t")
-    .replace("v", "\v")
+    .replace("v", "\x0B") // IE does not recognize "\v".
 }
 
 zeroEscapeSequence: "\\0" !digit { return "\0"; }
diff --git a/test/metagrammar-test.js b/test/metagrammar-test.js
index 1664eec..31f7b40 100644
--- a/test/metagrammar-test.js
+++ b/test/metagrammar-test.js
@@ -327,7 +327,8 @@ with (PEG.Grammar) {
     grammarParserParses('start: "\\n"',  literalGrammar("\n"));
     grammarParserParses('start: "\\r"',  literalGrammar("\r"));
     grammarParserParses('start: "\\t"',  literalGrammar("\t"));
-    grammarParserParses('start: "\\v"',  literalGrammar("\v"));
+    /* IE does not recognize "\v". */
+    grammarParserParses('start: "\\v"',  literalGrammar("\x0B"));
 
     grammarParserParses('start: "\\a"',  literalGrammar("a"));
   });
@@ -430,7 +431,8 @@ with (PEG.Grammar) {
   /* Canonical whitespace is " ". */
   test("parses whitespace", function() {
     grammarParserParses('start:\t"abcd"',     simpleGrammar);
-    grammarParserParses('start:\v"abcd"',     simpleGrammar);
+    /* IE does not recognize "\v". */
+    grammarParserParses('start:\x0B"abcd"',   simpleGrammar);
     grammarParserParses('start:\f"abcd"',     simpleGrammar);
     grammarParserParses('start: "abcd"',      simpleGrammar);
     grammarParserParses('start:\u00A0"abcd"', simpleGrammar);