diff --git a/Haskell/Haskell.sublime-syntax b/Haskell/Haskell.sublime-syntax
index 632abf0c77..eb26434f86 100644
--- a/Haskell/Haskell.sublime-syntax
+++ b/Haskell/Haskell.sublime-syntax
@@ -1379,6 +1379,18 @@ contexts:
         3: constant.character.escape.octal.haskell
         4: constant.character.escape.hexadecimal.haskell
         5: constant.character.escape.control.haskell
+    - match: (\\)\s*$
+      captures:
+        1: punctuation.separator.continuation.haskell
+      push: linteral-string-continuation
+
+  linteral-string-continuation:
+    - meta_include_prototype: false
+    - match: \\
+      scope: punctuation.separator.continuation.haskell
+      pop: 1
+    - match: (?=")
+      pop: 1
 
 ###[ KEYWORDS AND OPERATORS ]##################################################
 
diff --git a/Haskell/tests/syntax_test_haskell.hs b/Haskell/tests/syntax_test_haskell.hs
index 21aa4de4c6..d4831588af 100644
--- a/Haskell/tests/syntax_test_haskell.hs
+++ b/Haskell/tests/syntax_test_haskell.hs
@@ -3859,6 +3859,14 @@ main = do
 --         ^ punctuation.definition.string.end.haskell
 --           ^ keyword.operator.haskell
 
+    "This is a\
+--  ^^^^^^^^^^^^ meta.string.haskell string.quoted.double.haskell
+--            ^ punctuation.separator.continuation.haskell
+    \multi-line string literal\
+    \example"
+--  ^^^^^^^^^ meta.string.haskell string.quoted.double.haskell
+--  ^ punctuation.separator.continuation.haskell
+--          ^ punctuation.definition.string.end.haskell
 
 -- [ INFIX OPERATORS ] --------------------------------------------------------