diff --git a/src/utils/pattern.spec.ts b/src/utils/pattern.spec.ts
index 02cde456..97c2d802 100644
--- a/src/utils/pattern.spec.ts
+++ b/src/utils/pattern.spec.ts
@@ -431,6 +431,14 @@ describe('Utils → Pattern', () => {
 
 			assert.deepStrictEqual(actual, expected);
 		});
+
+		it('should keep escaping after expansion', () => {
+			const expected = ['foo@(\\\\)/**/*.a', 'foo@(\\\\)/**/*.b'];
+
+			const actual = util.expandBraceExpansion('foo@(\\\\)/**/{*.a,*.b}');
+
+			assert.deepStrictEqual(actual, expected);
+		});
 	});
 
 	describe('.getPatternParts', () => {
diff --git a/src/utils/pattern.ts b/src/utils/pattern.ts
index ffa6df43..9d789e79 100644
--- a/src/utils/pattern.ts
+++ b/src/utils/pattern.ts
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ export function expandPatternsWithBraceExpansion(patterns: Pattern[]): Pattern[]
 }
 
 export function expandBraceExpansion(pattern: Pattern): Pattern[] {
-	const patterns = micromatch.braces(pattern, { expand: true, nodupes: true });
+	const patterns = micromatch.braces(pattern, { expand: true, nodupes: true, keepEscaping: true });
 
 	/**
 	 * Sort the patterns by length so that the same depth patterns are processed side by side.