diff --git a/src/utils.py b/src/utils.py
index cc5af3dc8..346f8062e 100755
--- a/src/utils.py
+++ b/src/utils.py
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ def perlReToReplacer(s):
     replacement.
     """
     (kind, regexp, replace, flags) = nonEscapedSlashes.split(s)
+    replace = replace.replace('\\/', '/')
     if kind != 's':
         raise ValueError, 'Invalid kind: must be "s"'
     g = False
diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index 0d12d6dc1..a30a2d5fd 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ class UtilsTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(f('fooba/rba/z'), 'foorz')
         f = utils.perlReToReplacer('s/cat/dog/i')
         self.assertEqual(f('CATFISH'), 'dogFISH')
+        f = utils.perlReToReplacer('s/foo/foo\/bar/')
+        self.assertEqual(f('foo'), 'foo/bar')
 
     def testFindBinaryInPath(self):
         if os.name == 'posix':