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diff --git a/tests/template-json.sh b/tests/template-json.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# This is part of the rsyslog testbench, licensed under ASL 2.0
+. ${srcdir:=.}/diag.sh init
+generate_conf
+add_conf '
+set $!backslash = "a \\ \"b\" c / d"; # '/' must not be escaped!
+
+template(name="json" type="list" option.json="on") {
+        constant(value="{")
+        constant(value="\"backslash\":\"")     
+		property(name="$!backslash")
+        constant(value="\"}\n")
+}
+
+:msg, contains, "msgnum:" action(type="omfile" template="json"
+			         file=`echo $RSYSLOG_OUT_LOG`)
+'
+startup
+injectmsg  0 1
+shutdown_when_empty # shut down rsyslogd when done processing messages
+wait_shutdown    # we need to wait until rsyslogd is finished!
+
+printf '{"backslash":"a \\\\ \\"b\\" c / d"}\n' | cmp - $RSYSLOG_OUT_LOG
+if [ ! $? -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "invalid JSON generated, $RSYSLOG_OUT_LOG is:"
+  cat $RSYSLOG_OUT_LOG
+  error_exit 1
+fi;
+
+exit_test