diff --git a/src/uu/ls/src/quoting_style.rs b/src/uu/ls/src/quoting_style.rs
index fd5cab57e..c4c8200a4 100644
--- a/src/uu/ls/src/quoting_style.rs
+++ b/src/uu/ls/src/quoting_style.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::char::from_digit;
 
-const SPECIAL_SHELL_CHARS: &str = "~`#$&*()|[]{};'\"<>?! ";
+const SPECIAL_SHELL_CHARS: &str = "~`#$&*()|[]{};\\'\"<>?! ";
 
 pub(super) enum QuotingStyle {
     Shell {
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs b/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
index d44074821..718e1db1c 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_ls.rs
@@ -1118,12 +1118,13 @@ fn test_ls_quoting_style() {
 
     at.touch("one two");
     at.touch("one");
-    at.touch("one\\two");
 
     // It seems that windows doesn't allow \n in filenames.
+    // And it also doesn't like \, of course.
     #[cfg(unix)]
     {
         at.touch("one\ntwo");
+        at.touch("one\\two");
         // Default is shell-escape
         scene
             .ucmd()
@@ -1185,6 +1186,42 @@ fn test_ls_quoting_style() {
                 .succeeds()
                 .stdout_only(format!("{}\n", correct));
         }
+
+        for (arg, correct) in &[
+            ("--quoting-style=literal", "one\\two"),
+            ("-N", "one\\two"),
+            ("--quoting-style=c", "\"one\\\\two\""),
+            ("-Q", "\"one\\\\two\""),
+            ("--quote-name", "\"one\\\\two\""),
+            ("--quoting-style=escape", "one\\\\two"),
+            ("-b", "one\\\\two"),
+            ("--quoting-style=shell-escape", "'one\\two'"),
+            ("--quoting-style=shell-escape-always", "'one\\two'"),
+            ("--quoting-style=shell", "'one\\two'"),
+            ("--quoting-style=shell-always", "'one\\two'"),
+        ] {
+            scene
+                .ucmd()
+                .arg(arg)
+                .arg("one\\two")
+                .succeeds()
+                .stdout_only(format!("{}\n", correct));
+        }
+
+        // Tests for a character that forces quotation in shell-style escaping
+        // after a character in a dollar expression
+        at.touch("one\n&two");
+        for (arg, correct) in &[
+            ("--quoting-style=shell-escape", "'one'$'\\n''&two'"),
+            ("--quoting-style=shell-escape-always", "'one'$'\\n''&two'"),
+        ] {
+            scene
+                .ucmd()
+                .arg(arg)
+                .arg("one\n&two")
+                .succeeds()
+                .stdout_only(format!("{}\n", correct));
+        }
     }
 
     scene
@@ -1238,42 +1275,6 @@ fn test_ls_quoting_style() {
             .succeeds()
             .stdout_only(format!("{}\n", correct));
     }
-
-    for (arg, correct) in &[
-        ("--quoting-style=literal", "one\\two"),
-        ("-N", "one\\two"),
-        ("--quoting-style=c", "\"one\\\\two\""),
-        ("-Q", "\"one\\\\two\""),
-        ("--quote-name", "\"one\\\\two\""),
-        ("--quoting-style=escape", "one\\\\two"),
-        ("-b", "one\\\\two"),
-        ("--quoting-style=shell-escape", "one\\two"),
-        ("--quoting-style=shell-escape-always", "'one\\two'"),
-        ("--quoting-style=shell", "one\\two"),
-        ("--quoting-style=shell-always", "'one\\two'"),
-    ] {
-        scene
-            .ucmd()
-            .arg(arg)
-            .arg("one\\two")
-            .succeeds()
-            .stdout_only(format!("{}\n", correct));
-    }
-
-    // Tests for a character that forces quotation in shell-style escaping
-    // after a character in a dollar expression
-    at.touch("one\n&two");
-    for (arg, correct) in &[
-        ("--quoting-style=shell-escape", "'one'$'\\n''&two'"),
-        ("--quoting-style=shell-escape-always", "'one'$'\\n''&two'"),
-    ] {
-        scene
-            .ucmd()
-            .arg(arg)
-            .arg("one\n&two")
-            .succeeds()
-            .stdout_only(format!("{}\n", correct));
-    }
 }
 
 #[test]