diff --git a/src/Composer/Json/JsonFile.php b/src/Composer/Json/JsonFile.php
index 03c85250e..7201c80e0 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Json/JsonFile.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Json/JsonFile.php
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class JsonFile
             $char = substr($json, $i, 1);
 
             // Are we inside a quoted string?
-            if ('"' === $char && '\\' !== $prevChar) {
+            if ('"' === $char && ('\\' !== $prevChar || '\\\\' == substr($json, $i-2, 2))) {
                 $outOfQuotes = !$outOfQuotes;
             } elseif (':' === $char && $outOfQuotes) {
                 // Add a space after the : character
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Json/JsonFileTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Json/JsonFileTest.php
index 75e798388..231839416 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Json/JsonFileTest.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Json/JsonFileTest.php
@@ -93,6 +93,15 @@ class JsonFileTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertJsonFormat($json, $data);
     }
 
+    public function testTrailingBackslash()
+    {
+        $data = array('Metadata\\' => 'src/');
+        $json = '{
+    "Metadata\\\\": "src\/"
+}';
+        $this->assertJsonFormat($json, $data);
+    }
+
     private function expectParseException($text, $json)
     {
         try {