diff --git a/cmd/zip2zip/zip2zip.go b/cmd/zip2zip/zip2zip.go
index 491267b01..5ab96568d 100644
--- a/cmd/zip2zip/zip2zip.go
+++ b/cmd/zip2zip/zip2zip.go
@@ -128,12 +128,6 @@ func zip2zip(reader *zip.Reader, writer *zip.Writer, sortOutput, sortJava, setTi
 	}
 
 	for _, arg := range args {
-		// Reserve escaping for future implementation, so make sure no
-		// one is using \ and expecting a certain behavior.
-		if strings.Contains(arg, "\\") {
-			return fmt.Errorf("\\ characters are not currently supported")
-		}
-
 		input, output := includeSplit(arg)
 
 		var includeMatches []pair
diff --git a/cmd/zip2zip/zip2zip_test.go b/cmd/zip2zip/zip2zip_test.go
index 2c4e00569..c238098ec 100644
--- a/cmd/zip2zip/zip2zip_test.go
+++ b/cmd/zip2zip/zip2zip_test.go
@@ -38,13 +38,6 @@ var testCases = []struct {
 	storedFiles []string
 	err         error
 }{
-	{
-		name: "unsupported \\",
-
-		args: []string{"a\\b:b"},
-
-		err: fmt.Errorf("\\ characters are not currently supported"),
-	},
 	{ // This is modelled after the update package build rules in build/make/core/Makefile
 		name: "filter globs",
 
@@ -406,6 +399,13 @@ var testCases = []struct {
 			"b/a/b",
 		},
 	},
+	{
+		name: "escaping",
+
+		inputFiles:  []string{"a"},
+		args:        []string{"\\a"},
+		outputFiles: []string{"a"},
+	},
 }
 
 func errorString(e error) string {