diff --git a/lib/marked.js b/lib/marked.js
index 15ad63bfe7..eabf99eedb 100644
--- a/lib/marked.js
+++ b/lib/marked.js
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ InlineLexer.prototype.output = function(src) {
     // escape
     if (cap = this.rules.escape.exec(src)) {
       src = src.substring(cap[0].length);
-      out += cap[1];
+      out += escape(cap[1]);
       continue;
     }
 
diff --git a/test/new/escaped_angles.html b/test/new/escaped_angles.html
index 7cf47c49ee..aa3e73a465 100644
--- a/test/new/escaped_angles.html
+++ b/test/new/escaped_angles.html
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<p>></p>
+<p>&gt;</p>
diff --git a/test/original/backslash_escapes.html b/test/original/backslash_escapes.html
index 29870dac5d..7241d11fa4 100644
--- a/test/original/backslash_escapes.html
+++ b/test/original/backslash_escapes.html
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 <p>Right paren: )</p>
 
-<p>Greater-than: ></p>
+<p>Greater-than: &gt;</p>
 
 <p>Hash: #</p>
 
diff --git a/test/specs/commonmark/commonmark-spec.js b/test/specs/commonmark/commonmark-spec.js
index 5b62131134..4d3550dae1 100644
--- a/test/specs/commonmark/commonmark-spec.js
+++ b/test/specs/commonmark/commonmark-spec.js
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ describe('CommonMark 0.28 Backslash escapes', function() {
   var section = 'Backslash escapes';
 
   // var shouldPassButFails = [];
-  var shouldPassButFails = [291, 300, 301];
+  var shouldPassButFails = [300, 301];
 
   var willNotBeAttemptedByCoreTeam = [];