diff --git a/src/Functions/extractKeyValuePairs.cpp b/src/Functions/extractKeyValuePairs.cpp
index 447ccc31f1d..2dd73203736 100644
--- a/src/Functions/extractKeyValuePairs.cpp
+++ b/src/Functions/extractKeyValuePairs.cpp
@@ -210,17 +210,19 @@ ExtractKeyValuePairs::RawColumns ExtractKeyValuePairs::extract(std::shared_ptr<K
     return {std::move(keys), std::move(values), std::move(offsets)};
 }
 
-ColumnPtr ExtractKeyValuePairs::escape(RawColumns & raw_columns)
+ColumnPtr ExtractKeyValuePairs::escape(RawColumns & raw_columns, char escape_character)
 {
     auto & [raw_keys, raw_values, offsets] = raw_columns;
 
     auto escaped_keys = ColumnString::create();
     auto escaped_values = ColumnString::create();
 
+    auto escape_character_string = std::string('1', escape_character);
+
     using ReplaceString = ReplaceStringImpl<ReplaceStringTraits::Replace::All>;
 
-    ReplaceString::vector(raw_keys->getChars(), raw_keys->getOffsets(), "\\", "", escaped_keys->getChars(), escaped_keys->getOffsets());
-    ReplaceString::vector(raw_values->getChars(), raw_values->getOffsets(), "\\", "", escaped_values->getChars(), escaped_values->getOffsets());
+    ReplaceString::vector(raw_keys->getChars(), raw_keys->getOffsets(), escape_character_string, "", escaped_keys->getChars(), escaped_keys->getOffsets());
+    ReplaceString::vector(raw_values->getChars(), raw_values->getOffsets(), escape_character_string, "", escaped_values->getChars(), escaped_values->getOffsets());
 
     ColumnPtr keys_ptr = std::move(escaped_keys);
 
diff --git a/src/Functions/extractKeyValuePairs.h b/src/Functions/extractKeyValuePairs.h
index 148de41a359..ce0656578bc 100644
--- a/src/Functions/extractKeyValuePairs.h
+++ b/src/Functions/extractKeyValuePairs.h
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ private:
 
     static RawColumns extract(std::shared_ptr<KeyValuePairExtractor<EscapingProcessorOutput>> extractor, ColumnPtr data_column);
 
-    static ColumnPtr escape(RawColumns & raw_columns);
+    static ColumnPtr escape(RawColumns & raw_columns, char escape_character);
 
     ColumnNumbers getArgumentsThatAreAlwaysConstant() const override;
 };