diff --git a/include/tidyenum.h b/include/tidyenum.h
index 1028e33..4f74e8d 100644
--- a/include/tidyenum.h
+++ b/include/tidyenum.h
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ typedef enum
   TidyPPrintTabs,          /**< Indent using tabs istead of spaces */
   TidySkipNested,          /**< Skip nested tags in script and style CDATA */
   TidyStrictTagsAttr,      /**< Ensure tags and attributes match output HTML version */
+  TidyEscapeScripts,       /**< Escape items that look like closing tags in script tags */
   N_TIDY_OPTIONS           /**< Must be last */
 } TidyOptionId;
 
diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index aba6895..ddb677c 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ static const TidyOptionImpl option_defs[] =
   { TidyPPrintTabs,              PP, "indent-with-tabs",            BL, no,              ParseTabs,         boolPicks       }, /* 20150515 - Issue #108 */
   { TidySkipNested,              MU, "skip-nested",                 BL, yes,             ParseBool,         boolPicks       }, /* 1642186 - Issue #65 */
   { TidyStrictTagsAttr,          MU, "strict-tags-attributes",      BL, no,              ParseBool,         boolPicks       }, /* 20160209 - Issue #350 */
+  { TidyEscapeScripts,           PP, "escape-scripts",              BL, yes,             ParseBool,         boolPicks       }, /* 20160227 - Issue #348 */
   { N_TIDY_OPTIONS,              XX, NULL,                          XY, 0,               NULL,              NULL            }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/language_en.h b/src/language_en.h
index 1c25b76..db46b74 100644
--- a/src/language_en.h
+++ b/src/language_en.h
@@ -2068,6 +2068,11 @@ static languageDefinition language_en = { whichPluralForm_en, {
         "<br/>"
         "When set to <var>no</var>, these checks are not performed. "
     },
+    {
+      TidyEscapeScripts,          0,
+        "This option causes items that look like closing tags, like <code>&lt;/g</code> to be "
+        "escaped to <code>&lt;\\/g</code>. Set this option to 'no' if you do not want this."
+    },
     
     /********************************************************
      ** Console Application
diff --git a/src/lexer.c b/src/lexer.c
index 5da6074..097a1bc 100644
--- a/src/lexer.c
+++ b/src/lexer.c
@@ -2285,8 +2285,10 @@ static Node *GetCDATA( TidyDocImpl* doc, Node *container )
                 SetLexerLocus( doc, lexer );
                 lexer->columns -= 3;
 
-                /* if javascript insert backslash before / */
-                if (TY_(IsJavaScript)(container))
+                /*\ if javascript insert backslash before / 
+                 *  Issue #348 - Add option, escape-scripts, to skip
+                \*/
+                if ((TY_(IsJavaScript)(container)) && cfgBool(doc, TidyEscapeScripts))
                 {
                     /* Issue #281 - only warn if adding the escape! */
                     TY_(ReportError)(doc, NULL, NULL, BAD_CDATA_CONTENT);