diff --git a/internal/driver/driver_test.go b/internal/driver/driver_test.go
index fa1ea2c86..68c3c03a6 100644
--- a/internal/driver/driver_test.go
+++ b/internal/driver/driver_test.go
@@ -192,8 +192,14 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatalf("reading solution file %s: %v", solution, err)
 			}
 			if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-				sbuf = bytes.Replace(sbuf, []byte("testdata/"), []byte("testdata\\"), -1)
-				sbuf = bytes.Replace(sbuf, []byte("/path/to/"), []byte("\\path\\to\\"), -1)
+				if flags[0] == "dot" {
+					// The .dot test has the paths inside strings, so \ must be escaped.
+					sbuf = bytes.Replace(sbuf, []byte("testdata/"), []byte(`testdata\\`), -1)
+					sbuf = bytes.Replace(sbuf, []byte("/path/to/"), []byte(`\\path\\to\\`), -1)
+				} else {
+					sbuf = bytes.Replace(sbuf, []byte("testdata/"), []byte(`testdata\`), -1)
+					sbuf = bytes.Replace(sbuf, []byte("/path/to/"), []byte(`\path\to\`), -1)
+				}
 			}
 
 			if flags[0] == "svg" {
diff --git a/internal/graph/dotgraph.go b/internal/graph/dotgraph.go
index cde648f20..8cb87da9a 100644
--- a/internal/graph/dotgraph.go
+++ b/internal/graph/dotgraph.go
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func (b *builder) addLegend() {
 	}
 	title := labels[0]
 	fmt.Fprintf(b, `subgraph cluster_L { "%s" [shape=box fontsize=16`, title)
-	fmt.Fprintf(b, ` label="%s\l"`, strings.Join(escapeForDot(labels), `\l`))
+	fmt.Fprintf(b, ` label="%s\l"`, strings.Join(escapeAllForDot(labels), `\l`))
 	if b.config.LegendURL != "" {
 		fmt.Fprintf(b, ` URL="%s" target="_blank"`, b.config.LegendURL)
 	}
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ func (b *builder) addNode(node *Node, nodeID int, maxFlat float64) {
 
 	// Create DOT attribute for node.
 	attr := fmt.Sprintf(`label="%s" id="node%d" fontsize=%d shape=%s tooltip="%s (%s)" color="%s" fillcolor="%s"`,
-		label, nodeID, fontSize, shape, node.Info.PrintableName(), cumValue,
+		label, nodeID, fontSize, shape, escapeForDot(node.Info.PrintableName()), cumValue,
 		dotColor(float64(node.CumValue())/float64(abs64(b.config.Total)), false),
 		dotColor(float64(node.CumValue())/float64(abs64(b.config.Total)), true))
 
@@ -305,7 +305,8 @@ func (b *builder) addEdge(edge *Edge, from, to int, hasNodelets bool) {
 		arrow = "..."
 	}
 	tooltip := fmt.Sprintf(`"%s %s %s (%s)"`,
-		edge.Src.Info.PrintableName(), arrow, edge.Dest.Info.PrintableName(), w)
+		escapeForDot(edge.Src.Info.PrintableName()), arrow,
+		escapeForDot(edge.Dest.Info.PrintableName()), w)
 	attr = fmt.Sprintf(`%s tooltip=%s labeltooltip=%s`, attr, tooltip, tooltip)
 
 	if edge.Residual {
@@ -382,7 +383,7 @@ func dotColor(score float64, isBackground bool) string {
 
 func multilinePrintableName(info *NodeInfo) string {
 	infoCopy := *info
-	infoCopy.Name = ShortenFunctionName(infoCopy.Name)
+	infoCopy.Name = escapeForDot(ShortenFunctionName(infoCopy.Name))
 	infoCopy.Name = strings.Replace(infoCopy.Name, "::", `\n`, -1)
 	infoCopy.Name = strings.Replace(infoCopy.Name, ".", `\n`, -1)
 	if infoCopy.File != "" {
@@ -473,13 +474,18 @@ func min64(a, b int64) int64 {
 	return b
 }
 
-// escapeForDot escapes double quotes and backslashes, and replaces Graphviz's
-// "center" character (\n) with a left-justified character.
-// See https://graphviz.org/doc/info/attrs.html#k:escString for more info.
-func escapeForDot(in []string) []string {
+// escapeAllForDot applies escapeForDot to all strings in the given slice.
+func escapeAllForDot(in []string) []string {
 	var out = make([]string, len(in))
 	for i := range in {
-		out[i] = strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ReplaceAll(in[i], `\`, `\\`), `"`, `\"`), "\n", `\l`)
+		out[i] = escapeForDot(in[i])
 	}
 	return out
 }
+
+// escapeForDot escapes double quotes and backslashes, and replaces Graphviz's
+// "center" character (\n) with a left-justified character.
+// See https://graphviz.org/doc/info/attrs.html#k:escString for more info.
+func escapeForDot(str string) string {
+	return strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ReplaceAll(str, `\`, `\\`), `"`, `\"`), "\n", `\l`)
+}
diff --git a/internal/graph/dotgraph_test.go b/internal/graph/dotgraph_test.go
index 4232efaa5..08d80eb02 100644
--- a/internal/graph/dotgraph_test.go
+++ b/internal/graph/dotgraph_test.go
@@ -138,6 +138,18 @@ func TestComposeWithStandardGraphAndURL(t *testing.T) {
 	compareGraphs(t, buf.Bytes(), "compose6.dot")
 }
 
+func TestComposeWithNamesThatNeedEscaping(t *testing.T) {
+	g := baseGraph()
+	a, c := baseAttrsAndConfig()
+	g.Nodes[0].Info = NodeInfo{Name: `var"src"`}
+	g.Nodes[1].Info = NodeInfo{Name: `var"#dest#"`}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	ComposeDot(&buf, g, a, c)
+
+	compareGraphs(t, buf.Bytes(), "compose7.dot")
+}
+
 func baseGraph() *Graph {
 	src := &Node{
 		Info:        NodeInfo{Name: "src"},
@@ -359,8 +371,8 @@ func TestEscapeForDot(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	} {
 		t.Run(tc.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
-			if got := escapeForDot(tc.input); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tc.want) {
-				t.Errorf("escapeForDot(%s) = %s, want %s", tc.input, got, tc.want)
+			if got := escapeAllForDot(tc.input); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tc.want) {
+				t.Errorf("escapeAllForDot(%s) = %s, want %s", tc.input, got, tc.want)
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/internal/graph/testdata/compose7.dot b/internal/graph/testdata/compose7.dot
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f749a779
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/graph/testdata/compose7.dot
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+digraph "testtitle" {
+node [style=filled fillcolor="#f8f8f8"]
+subgraph cluster_L { "label1" [shape=box fontsize=16 label="label1\llabel2\llabel3: \"foo\"\l" tooltip="testtitle"] }
+N1 [label="var\"src\"\n10 (10.00%)\nof 25 (25.00%)" id="node1" fontsize=22 shape=box tooltip="var\"src\" (25)" color="#b23c00" fillcolor="#edddd5"]
+N2 [label="var\"#dest#\"\n15 (15.00%)\nof 25 (25.00%)" id="node2" fontsize=24 shape=box tooltip="var\"#dest#\" (25)" color="#b23c00" fillcolor="#edddd5"]
+N1 -> N2 [label=" 10" weight=11 color="#b28559" tooltip="var\"src\" -> var\"#dest#\" (10)" labeltooltip="var\"src\" -> var\"#dest#\" (10)"]
+}
diff --git a/internal/report/report_test.go b/internal/report/report_test.go
index 7c4363fad..7f6821249 100644
--- a/internal/report/report_test.go
+++ b/internal/report/report_test.go
@@ -80,7 +80,12 @@ func TestSource(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("%s: %v", tc.want, err)
 		}
 		if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-			gold = bytes.Replace(gold, []byte("testdata/"), []byte("testdata\\"), -1)
+			if tc.rpt.options.OutputFormat == Dot {
+				// The .dot test has the paths inside strings, so \ must be escaped.
+				gold = bytes.Replace(gold, []byte("testdata/"), []byte(`testdata\\`), -1)
+			} else {
+				gold = bytes.Replace(gold, []byte("testdata/"), []byte(`testdata\`), -1)
+			}
 		}
 		if string(b.String()) != string(gold) {
 			d, err := proftest.Diff(gold, b.Bytes())