diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/chisel3/properties/Property.scala b/core/src/main/scala/chisel3/properties/Property.scala
index a80a08552f..1287e9ec68 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/chisel3/properties/Property.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/chisel3/properties/Property.scala
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ private[chisel3] object PropertyType extends LowPriorityPropertyTypeInstances {
     }
 
   implicit val stringPropertyTypeInstance: SimplePropertyType[String] =
-    makeSimple[String](fir.StringPropertyType, fir.StringPropertyLiteral(_))
+    makeSimple[String](fir.StringPropertyType, s => fir.StringPropertyLiteral(fir.StringLit(s)))
 
   implicit val boolPropertyTypeInstance: SimplePropertyType[Boolean] =
     makeSimple[Boolean](fir.BooleanPropertyType, fir.BooleanPropertyLiteral(_))
diff --git a/firrtl/src/main/scala/firrtl/ir/IR.scala b/firrtl/src/main/scala/firrtl/ir/IR.scala
index 5d3e4f1ca4..b512814efb 100644
--- a/firrtl/src/main/scala/firrtl/ir/IR.scala
+++ b/firrtl/src/main/scala/firrtl/ir/IR.scala
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ case class DoublePropertyLiteral(value: Double) extends Expression with UseSeria
   val width = UnknownWidth
 }
 
-case class StringPropertyLiteral(value: String) extends Expression with UseSerializer {
+case class StringPropertyLiteral(value: StringLit) extends Expression with UseSerializer {
   def tpe = StringPropertyType
   val width = UnknownWidth
 }
diff --git a/firrtl/src/main/scala/firrtl/ir/Serializer.scala b/firrtl/src/main/scala/firrtl/ir/Serializer.scala
index cc9e3b359f..a1da49da0f 100644
--- a/firrtl/src/main/scala/firrtl/ir/Serializer.scala
+++ b/firrtl/src/main/scala/firrtl/ir/Serializer.scala
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ object Serializer {
     case DoublePropertyLiteral(value) =>
       b ++= "Double("; b ++= value.toString(); b ++= ")"
     case StringPropertyLiteral(value) =>
-      b ++= "String(\""; b ++= value; b ++= "\")"
+      b ++= "String("; b ++= value.escape; b ++= ")"
     case BooleanPropertyLiteral(value) =>
       b ++= s"Bool(${value})"
     case PathPropertyLiteral(value) =>
diff --git a/panamaconverter/src/PanamaCIRCTConverter.scala b/panamaconverter/src/PanamaCIRCTConverter.scala
index a9ccb91502..5da12f316c 100644
--- a/panamaconverter/src/PanamaCIRCTConverter.scala
+++ b/panamaconverter/src/PanamaCIRCTConverter.scala
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ class PanamaCIRCTConverter(val circt: PanamaCIRCT, fos: Option[FirtoolOptions],
             case fir.DoublePropertyLiteral(value) =>
               val attrs = Seq(("value", circt.mlirFloatAttrDoubleGet(circt.mlirF64TypeGet(), value)))
               ("double", attrs, Seq.empty)
-            case fir.StringPropertyLiteral(value) =>
+            case fir.StringPropertyLiteral(fir.StringLit(value)) =>
               val attrs = Seq(("value", circt.mlirStringAttrGet(value)))
               ("string", attrs, Seq.empty)
             case fir.BooleanPropertyLiteral(value) =>
diff --git a/src/test/scala/chiselTests/properties/PropertySpec.scala b/src/test/scala/chiselTests/properties/PropertySpec.scala
index 00cefa881f..0fb5676eb3 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/chiselTests/properties/PropertySpec.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/chiselTests/properties/PropertySpec.scala
@@ -132,6 +132,31 @@ class PropertySpec extends ChiselFlatSpec with MatchesAndOmits {
     )()
   }
 
+  it should "escape special characters in Property String literals" in {
+    val input = "foo\"\n\t\\bar"
+    val expected = """foo\"\n\t\\bar"""
+    val chirrtl = ChiselStage.emitCHIRRTL(new RawModule {
+      val propOut = IO(Output(Property[String]()))
+      propOut := Property(input)
+    })
+
+    matchesAndOmits(chirrtl)(
+      s"""propassign propOut, String("$expected")"""
+    )()
+  }
+
+  it should "not escape characters that do not need escaping in Property String literals" in {
+    val input = "foo!@#$%^&*()_+bar"
+    val chirrtl = ChiselStage.emitCHIRRTL(new RawModule {
+      val propOut = IO(Output(Property[String]()))
+      propOut := Property(input)
+    })
+
+    matchesAndOmits(chirrtl)(
+      s"""propassign propOut, String("$input")"""
+    )()
+  }
+
   it should "support Boolean as a Property type" in {
     val chirrtl = ChiselStage.emitCHIRRTL(new RawModule {
       val boolProp = IO(Input(Property[Boolean]()))