diff --git a/decoder_test.go b/decoder_test.go
index 39ea046..b982627 100644
--- a/decoder_test.go
+++ b/decoder_test.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func TestDecode_interface(t *testing.T) {
 				"qux":          "back\\slash",
 				"bar":          "new\nline",
 				"qax":          `slash\:colon`,
-				"nested":       `${HH\:mm\:ss}`,
+				"nested":       `${HH\\:mm\\:ss}`,
 				"nestedquotes": `${"\"stringwrappedinquotes\""}`,
 			},
 		},
@@ -356,6 +356,20 @@ func TestDecode_interface(t *testing.T) {
 			true,
 			nil,
 		},
+
+		{
+			"escape_backslash.hcl",
+			false,
+			map[string]interface{}{
+				"output": []map[string]interface{}{
+					map[string]interface{}{
+						"one":  `${replace(var.sub_domain, ".", "\\.")}`,
+						"two":  `${replace(var.sub_domain, ".", "\\\\.")}`,
+						"many": `${replace(var.sub_domain, ".", "\\\\\\\\.")}`,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range cases {
diff --git a/hcl/scanner/scanner_test.go b/hcl/scanner/scanner_test.go
index b167811..e92f650 100644
--- a/hcl/scanner/scanner_test.go
+++ b/hcl/scanner/scanner_test.go
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ func TestRealExample(t *testing.T) {
 
 	provider "aws" {
 	  access_key = "foo"
-	  secret_key = "bar"
+	  secret_key = "${replace(var.foo, ".", "\\.")}"
 	}
 
 	resource "aws_security_group" "firewall" {
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ EOF
 		{token.STRING, `"foo"`},
 		{token.IDENT, `secret_key`},
 		{token.ASSIGN, `=`},
-		{token.STRING, `"bar"`},
+		{token.STRING, `"${replace(var.foo, ".", "\\.")}"`},
 		{token.RBRACE, `}`},
 		{token.IDENT, `resource`},
 		{token.STRING, `"aws_security_group"`},
diff --git a/hcl/strconv/quote.go b/hcl/strconv/quote.go
index 956c899..d578769 100644
--- a/hcl/strconv/quote.go
+++ b/hcl/strconv/quote.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func Unquote(s string) (t string, err error) {
 	for len(s) > 0 {
 		// If we're starting a '${}' then let it through un-unquoted.
 		// Specifically: we don't unquote any characters within the `${}`
-		// section, except for escaped backslashes, which we handle specifically.
+		// section.
 		if s[0] == '$' && len(s) > 1 && s[1] == '{' {
 			buf = append(buf, '$', '{')
 			s = s[2:]
@@ -61,16 +61,6 @@ func Unquote(s string) (t string, err error) {
 
 				s = s[size:]
 
-				// We special case escaped backslashes in interpolations, converting
-				// them to their unescaped equivalents.
-				if r == '\\' {
-					q, _ := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(s)
-					switch q {
-					case '\\':
-						continue
-					}
-				}
-
 				n := utf8.EncodeRune(runeTmp[:], r)
 				buf = append(buf, runeTmp[:n]...)
 
diff --git a/hcl/strconv/quote_test.go b/hcl/strconv/quote_test.go
index af2d848..9de8c9f 100644
--- a/hcl/strconv/quote_test.go
+++ b/hcl/strconv/quote_test.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ var unquotetests = []unQuoteTest{
 	{`"${file("\"foo\"")}"`, `${file("\"foo\"")}`},
 	{`"echo ${var.region}${element(split(",",var.zones),0)}"`,
 		`echo ${var.region}${element(split(",",var.zones),0)}`},
-	{`"${HH\\:mm\\:ss}"`, `${HH\:mm\:ss}`},
+	{`"${HH\\:mm\\:ss}"`, `${HH\\:mm\\:ss}`},
 }
 
 var misquoted = []string{
diff --git a/hcl/token/token_test.go b/hcl/token/token_test.go
index 932951c..e4b4af2 100644
--- a/hcl/token/token_test.go
+++ b/hcl/token/token_test.go
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ func TestTokenValue(t *testing.T) {
 		{Token{Type: STRING, Text: `"foo"`}, "foo"},
 		{Token{Type: STRING, Text: `"foo\nbar"`}, "foo\nbar"},
 		{Token{Type: STRING, Text: `"${file("foo")}"`}, `${file("foo")}`},
+		{
+			Token{
+				Type: STRING,
+				Text: `"${replace("foo", ".", "\\.")}"`,
+			},
+			`${replace("foo", ".", "\\.")}`},
 		{Token{Type: HEREDOC, Text: "<<EOF\nfoo\nbar\nEOF"}, "foo\nbar"},
 	}
 
diff --git a/test-fixtures/escape_backslash.hcl b/test-fixtures/escape_backslash.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc337fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-fixtures/escape_backslash.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+output {
+  one = "${replace(var.sub_domain, ".", "\\.")}"
+  two = "${replace(var.sub_domain, ".", "\\\\.")}"
+  many = "${replace(var.sub_domain, ".", "\\\\\\\\.")}"
+}