diff --git a/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/escaped_whitespace.kdl b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/escaped_whitespace.kdl
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_cases/expected_kdl/escaped_whitespace.kdl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+node "Hello\n\tWorld" "Hello\n\tWorld" "Hello\n\tWorld" "Hello\n\tWorld" "Hello\n\tWorld" "Hello\n\tWorld"
diff --git a/tests/test_cases/input/escaped_whitespace.kdl b/tests/test_cases/input/escaped_whitespace.kdl
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index 0000000..1f2e67c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_cases/input/escaped_whitespace.kdl
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+// All of these strings are the same
+node \
+	"Hello\n\tWorld" \
+	"Hello
+	World" \
+	"Hello\n\      \tWorld" \
+	"Hello\n\
+    \tWorld" \
+	"Hello
+\	\tWorld" \
+	"Hello\n\t\
+        World"
+
+// Note that this file deliberately mixes space and newline indentation for
+// test purposes