diff --git a/src/emitter.js b/src/emitter.js
index a7b87f0..2ccc8fd 100644
--- a/src/emitter.js
+++ b/src/emitter.js
@@ -162,13 +162,20 @@ PEG.compiler.emitter = function(ast) {
         "         * string literal except for the closing quote character, backslash,",
         "         * carriage return, line separator, paragraph separator, and line feed.",
         "         * Any character may appear in the form of an escape sequence.",
+        "         *",
+        "         * For portability, we also escape escape all control and non-ASCII",
+        "         * characters. Note that \"\\0\" and \"\\v\" escape sequences are not used",
+        "         * because JSHint does not like the first and IE the second.",
         "         */",
         "        return '\"' + s",
-        "          .replace(/\\\\/g, '\\\\\\\\')            // backslash",
-        "          .replace(/\"/g, '\\\\\"')              // closing quote character",
-        "          .replace(/\\r/g, '\\\\r')             // carriage return",
-        "          .replace(/\\n/g, '\\\\n')             // line feed",
-        "          .replace(/[\\x80-\\uFFFF]/g, escape) // non-ASCII characters",
+        "          .replace(/\\\\/g, '\\\\\\\\')  // backslash",
+        "          .replace(/\"/g, '\\\\\"')    // closing quote character",
+        "          .replace(/\\x08/g, '\\\\b') // backspace",
+        "          .replace(/\\t/g, '\\\\t')   // horizontal tab",
+        "          .replace(/\\n/g, '\\\\n')   // line feed",
+        "          .replace(/\\f/g, '\\\\f')   // form feed",
+        "          .replace(/\\r/g, '\\\\r')   // carriage return",
+        "          .replace(/[\\x00-\\x07\\x0B\\x0E-\\x1F\\x80-\\uFFFF]/g, escape)",
         "          + '\"';",
         "      }",
         "      ",
diff --git a/src/parser.js b/src/parser.js
index 8b8c3ca..91ce674 100644
--- a/src/parser.js
+++ b/src/parser.js
@@ -114,13 +114,20 @@ PEG.parser = (function(){
          * string literal except for the closing quote character, backslash,
          * carriage return, line separator, paragraph separator, and line feed.
          * Any character may appear in the form of an escape sequence.
+         *
+         * For portability, we also escape escape all control and non-ASCII
+         * characters. Note that "\0" and "\v" escape sequences are not used
+         * because JSHint does not like the first and IE the second.
          */
         return '"' + s
-          .replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')            // backslash
-          .replace(/"/g, '\\"')              // closing quote character
-          .replace(/\r/g, '\\r')             // carriage return
-          .replace(/\n/g, '\\n')             // line feed
-          .replace(/[\x80-\uFFFF]/g, escape) // non-ASCII characters
+          .replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')  // backslash
+          .replace(/"/g, '\\"')    // closing quote character
+          .replace(/\x08/g, '\\b') // backspace
+          .replace(/\t/g, '\\t')   // horizontal tab
+          .replace(/\n/g, '\\n')   // line feed
+          .replace(/\f/g, '\\f')   // form feed
+          .replace(/\r/g, '\\r')   // carriage return
+          .replace(/[\x00-\x07\x0B\x0E-\x1F\x80-\uFFFF]/g, escape)
           + '"';
       }
       
@@ -3610,7 +3617,7 @@ PEG.parser = (function(){
         } else {
           result0 = null;
           if (reportFailures === 0) {
-            matchFailed("[ 	\\xA0\\uFEFF\\u1680\\u180E\\u2000-\\u200A\\u202F\\u205F\\u3000]");
+            matchFailed("[ \t\x0B\f\\xA0\\uFEFF\\u1680\\u180E\\u2000-\\u200A\\u202F\\u205F\\u3000]");
           }
         }
         reportFailures--;
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index d292dfc..fc04a4d 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -96,14 +96,19 @@ function quote(s) {
    * line separator, paragraph separator, and line feed. Any character may
    * appear in the form of an escape sequence.
    *
-   * For portability, we also escape escape all non-ASCII characters.
+   * For portability, we also escape escape all control and non-ASCII
+   * characters. Note that "\0" and "\v" escape sequences are not used because
+   * JSHint does not like the first and IE the second.
    */
   return '"' + s
-    .replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')            // backslash
-    .replace(/"/g, '\\"')              // closing quote character
-    .replace(/\r/g, '\\r')             // carriage return
-    .replace(/\n/g, '\\n')             // line feed
-    .replace(/[\x80-\uFFFF]/g, escape) // non-ASCII characters
+    .replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')  // backslash
+    .replace(/"/g, '\\"')    // closing quote character
+    .replace(/\x08/g, '\\b') // backspace
+    .replace(/\t/g, '\\t')   // horizontal tab
+    .replace(/\n/g, '\\n')   // line feed
+    .replace(/\f/g, '\\f')   // form feed
+    .replace(/\r/g, '\\r')   // carriage return
+    .replace(/[\x00-\x07\x0B\x0E-\x1F\x80-\uFFFF]/g, escape)
     + '"';
 }