diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 836b74f..b091c7e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2002-11-02  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
+	Bug fix.
+	* src/options.cc (Options::print_options): Escape backquote inside
+	double-quoted strings.
+
 	Bug fix.
 	* src/keyword.cc (KeywordExt::init_selchars): Avoid comparison with
 	uninitialized member variable. Found with 'valgrind'.
diff --git a/src/options.cc b/src/options.cc
index 992371a..4cf7225 100644
--- a/src/options.cc
+++ b/src/options.cc
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ Options::print_options () const
               putchar ('"');
               for (; *arg; arg++)
                 {
-                  if (*arg == '\"' || *arg == '\\' || *arg == '$')
+                  if (*arg == '\"' || *arg == '\\' || *arg == '$' || *arg == '`')
                     putchar ('\\');
                   putchar (*arg);
                 }