diff --git a/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog b/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
index 5c2b184d6d0..641d50dca5d 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/fortran/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2007-01-26  Steven Bosscher  <stevenb.gcc@gmail.com>
+	    Steven G. Kargl <kargl@gcc.gnu.org>
+
+	* fortran/io.c (next_char): Deal with backslash escaped characters.
+	Issue warnings in non -std=gnu cases.
+	* fortran/primary.c (next_string_char): Issue warnings in non
+
 2007-01-26  Tobias Burnus  <burnus@net-b.de>
 
 	* lang-specs.h: Add support for .f03 and .F03 extensions.
diff --git a/gcc/fortran/io.c b/gcc/fortran/io.c
index 312bb39b3d9..8c17b3a8584 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/io.c
+++ b/gcc/fortran/io.c
@@ -137,11 +137,52 @@ next_char (int in_string)
       c = gfc_next_char_literal (in_string);
       if (c == '\n')
 	c = '\0';
-
-      if (mode == MODE_COPY)
-	*format_string++ = c;
     }
 
+  if (gfc_option.flag_backslash && c == '\\')
+    {
+      locus old_locus = gfc_current_locus;
+
+      switch (gfc_next_char_literal (1))
+	{
+	case 'a':
+	  c = '\a';
+	  break;
+	case 'b':
+	  c = '\b';
+	  break;
+	case 't':
+	  c = '\t';
+	  break;
+	case 'f':
+	  c = '\f';
+	  break;
+	case 'n':
+	  c = '\n';
+	  break;
+	case 'r':
+	  c = '\r';
+	  break;
+	case 'v':
+	  c = '\v';
+	  break;
+	case '\\':
+	  c = '\\';
+	  break;
+
+	default:
+	  /* Unknown backslash codes are simply not expanded.  */
+	  gfc_current_locus = old_locus;
+	  break;
+	}
+
+      if (!(gfc_option.allow_std & GFC_STD_GNU) && !inhibit_warnings)
+	gfc_warning ("Extension: backslash character at %C");
+    }
+
+  if (mode == MODE_COPY)
+    *format_string++ = c;
+
   c = TOUPPER (c);
   return c;
 }
diff --git a/gcc/fortran/primary.c b/gcc/fortran/primary.c
index a2f70a07f93..64cc5e44f8d 100644
--- a/gcc/fortran/primary.c
+++ b/gcc/fortran/primary.c
@@ -764,6 +764,9 @@ next_string_char (char delimiter)
 	  gfc_current_locus = old_locus;
 	  break;
 	}
+
+      if (!(gfc_option.allow_std & GFC_STD_GNU) && !inhibit_warnings)
+	gfc_warning ("Extension: backslash character at %C");
     }
 
   if (c != delimiter)
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
index bfa9388ed85..536b038c6b3 100644
--- a/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-01-26  Steven G. Kargl  <kargl@gcc.gnu.org>
+
+	* gfortran.dg/backslash_3.f: New test.
+
 2007-01-26  Richard Guenther  <rguenther@suse.de>
 
 	* gcc.dg/tree-ssa/pr23382.c: Fix typo.
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/backslash_3.f b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/backslash_3.f
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..08c86f36d62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gfortran.dg/backslash_3.f
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+C { dg-do run }
+C PR fortran/30278
+      program a
+      character(len=1), parameter  :: c1 = char(8), c2 = char(92)
+      character(len=35) str1, str2
+      character(len=37) :: str4, str3
+
+      open(10, status='scratch')
+      write(10, 100)
+      rewind(10)
+      read(10,'(A34)') str1
+      str2 = 'Does ' // c1 // 'ackslash result in ' // c1 // 'ackslash'
+      if (str1 .ne. str2) call abort
+
+      rewind(10)
+      write (10, 200)
+      rewind(10)
+      read(10,'(A37)') str3
+      str4 = 'Does ' //c2// 'backslash result in ' //c2// 'backslash'
+      if (str3 .ne. str4) call abort
+
+      stop
+ 100  format ('Does \backslash result in \backslash')
+ 200  format ('Does \\backslash result in \\backslash')
+      end