diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/Common/Annotations/DocLexer.php b/lib/Doctrine/Common/Annotations/DocLexer.php
index 29c504ccd..d864540e0 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/Common/Annotations/DocLexer.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/Common/Annotations/DocLexer.php
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ protected function getCatchablePatterns()
         return array(
             '[a-z_\\\][a-z0-9_\:\\\]*[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*',
             '(?:[+-]?[0-9]+(?:[\.][0-9]+)*)(?:[eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?',
-            '"(?:[^"])*"',
+            '"(?:""|[^"])*+"',
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Annotations/DocLexerTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Annotations/DocLexerTest.php
index c09d7bbb3..b9fe007f3 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Annotations/DocLexerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Annotations/DocLexerTest.php
@@ -161,8 +161,57 @@ public function testWithinDoubleQuotesVeryVeryLongStringWillNotOverflowPregSplit
     {
         $lexer = new DocLexer();
 
-        $lexer->setInput('"' . str_repeat('.', 10240) . '"');
+        $lexer->setInput('"' . str_repeat('.', 20240) . '"');
 
         $this->assertInternalType('array', $lexer->glimpse());
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @group 44
+     */
+    public function testRecognizesDoubleQuotesEscapeSequence()
+    {
+        $lexer    = new DocLexer();
+        $docblock = '@Foo("""' . "\n" . '""")';
+
+        $tokens = array (
+            array(
+                'value'     => '@',
+                'position'  => 0,
+                'type'      => DocLexer::T_AT,
+            ),
+            array(
+                'value'     => 'Foo',
+                'position'  => 1,
+                'type'      => DocLexer::T_IDENTIFIER,
+            ),
+            array(
+                'value'     => '(',
+                'position'  => 4,
+                'type'      => DocLexer::T_OPEN_PARENTHESIS,
+            ),
+            array(
+                'value'     => "\"\n\"",
+                'position'  => 5,
+                'type'      => DocLexer::T_STRING,
+            ),
+            array(
+                'value'     => ')',
+                'position'  => 12,
+                'type'      => DocLexer::T_CLOSE_PARENTHESIS,
+            ),
+        );
+
+        $lexer->setInput($docblock);
+
+        foreach ($tokens as $expected) {
+            $lexer->moveNext();
+            $lookahead = $lexer->lookahead;
+            $this->assertEquals($expected['value'],    $lookahead['value']);
+            $this->assertEquals($expected['type'],     $lookahead['type']);
+            $this->assertEquals($expected['position'], $lookahead['position']);
+        }
+
+        $this->assertFalse($lexer->moveNext());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Annotations/DocParserTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Annotations/DocParserTest.php
index 7d670a99e..d2511f018 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Annotations/DocParserTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/Common/Annotations/DocParserTest.php
@@ -1282,6 +1282,19 @@ public function testKeyHasNumber()
         $this->assertEquals(1, count($annots));
         $this->assertEquals(array('foo' => 'test', 'bar2' => 'test'), $annots[0]->settings);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @group 44
+     */
+    public function testSupportsEscapedQuotedValues()
+    {
+        $result = $this->createTestParser()->parse('@Doctrine\Tests\Common\Annotations\Name(foo="""bar""")');
+
+        $this->assertCount(1, $result);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($result[0] instanceof Name);
+        $this->assertEquals('"bar"', $result[0]->foo);
+    }
 }
 
 /** @Annotation */