diff --git a/cli/tests/integration/npm_tests.rs b/cli/tests/integration/npm_tests.rs
index 49095b6dfd..ba9e1bdde4 100644
--- a/cli/tests/integration/npm_tests.rs
+++ b/cli/tests/integration/npm_tests.rs
@@ -689,6 +689,13 @@ itest!(deno_run_bin_esm {
   http_server: true,
 });
 
+itest!(deno_run_bin_special_chars {
+  args: "run -A --quiet npm:@denotest/special-chars-in-bin-name/\\foo\" this is a test",
+  output: "npm/deno_run_special_chars_in_bin_name.out",
+  envs: env_vars_for_npm_tests(),
+  http_server: true,
+});
+
 itest!(deno_run_bin_no_ext {
   args: "run -A --quiet npm:@denotest/bin/cli-no-ext this is a test",
   output: "npm/deno_run_no_ext.out",
diff --git a/cli/tests/testdata/npm/deno_run_special_chars_in_bin_name.out b/cli/tests/testdata/npm/deno_run_special_chars_in_bin_name.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ffe7cbd891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/testdata/npm/deno_run_special_chars_in_bin_name.out
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+this
+is
+a
+test
diff --git a/cli/tests/testdata/npm/registry/@denotest/special-chars-in-bin-name/1.0.0/main.mjs b/cli/tests/testdata/npm/registry/@denotest/special-chars-in-bin-name/1.0.0/main.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ae8e91903
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/testdata/npm/registry/@denotest/special-chars-in-bin-name/1.0.0/main.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import process from "node:process";
+
+for (const arg of process.argv.slice(2)) {
+  console.log(arg);
+}
diff --git a/cli/tests/testdata/npm/registry/@denotest/special-chars-in-bin-name/1.0.0/package.json b/cli/tests/testdata/npm/registry/@denotest/special-chars-in-bin-name/1.0.0/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2dce473b57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/tests/testdata/npm/registry/@denotest/special-chars-in-bin-name/1.0.0/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+    "name": "@denotest/special-chars-in-bin-name",
+    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "type": "module",
+    "main": "main.mjs",
+    "bin": {
+      "\\foo\"": "main.mjs"
+    }
+  }
+  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ext/node/lib.rs b/ext/node/lib.rs
index 7bf721f0ae..12d7b0b1e2 100644
--- a/ext/node/lib.rs
+++ b/ext/node/lib.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 use deno_core::error::AnyError;
 use deno_core::located_script_name;
 use deno_core::op;
+use deno_core::serde_json;
 use deno_core::JsRuntime;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use std::collections::HashSet;
@@ -430,7 +431,7 @@ pub fn initialize_runtime(
   maybe_binary_command_name: Option<String>,
 ) -> Result<(), AnyError> {
   let argv0 = if let Some(binary_command_name) = maybe_binary_command_name {
-    format!("\"{}\"", binary_command_name)
+    serde_json::to_string(binary_command_name.as_str())?
   } else {
     "undefined".to_string()
   };