diff --git a/picard/script/parser.py b/picard/script/parser.py
index 497766c74..df467b312 100644
--- a/picard/script/parser.py
+++ b/picard/script/parser.py
@@ -321,6 +321,8 @@ Grammar:
                         text.append(chr(int(codepoint, 16)))
                     except (TypeError, ValueError):
                         self.__raise_unicode(codepoint)
+                elif ch is None:
+                    self.__raise_eof()
                 elif ch not in "$%(),\\":
                     self.__raise_char(ch)
                 else:
diff --git a/test/test_script.py b/test/test_script.py
index 392b0d941..192ffe9a2 100644
--- a/test/test_script.py
+++ b/test/test_script.py
@@ -1010,6 +1010,12 @@ class ScriptParserTest(PicardTestCase):
     def test_char_escape(self):
         self.assertScriptResultEquals(r"\n\t\$\%\(\)\,\\", "\n\t$%(),\\")
 
+    def test_char_escape_unexpected_char(self):
+        self.assertRaises(ScriptSyntaxError, self.parser.eval, r'\x')
+
+    def test_char_escape_end_of_file(self):
+        self.assertRaises(ScriptEndOfFile, self.parser.eval, 'foo\\')
+
     def test_raise_unknown_function(self):
         self.assertRaises(ScriptUnknownFunction, self.parser.eval, '$unknownfn()')