diff --git a/powerline/renderers/bash_prompt.py b/powerline/renderers/bash_prompt.py
index d3ac3f26..c37a2cf9 100644
--- a/powerline/renderers/bash_prompt.py
+++ b/powerline/renderers/bash_prompt.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class BashPromptRenderer(ShellRenderer):
 	character_translations = ShellRenderer.character_translations.copy()
 	character_translations[ord('$')] = '\\$'
 	character_translations[ord('`')] = '\\`'
+	character_translations[ord('\\')] = '\\\\'
 
 
 renderer = BashPromptRenderer
diff --git a/powerline/renderers/shell.py b/powerline/renderers/shell.py
index c7c57451..5358871c 100644
--- a/powerline/renderers/shell.py
+++ b/powerline/renderers/shell.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ class ShellRenderer(Renderer):
 	screen_escape = False
 
 	character_translations = Renderer.character_translations.copy()
-	character_translations[ord('\\')] = '\\\\'
 
 	def hlstyle(self, fg=None, bg=None, attr=None):
 		'''Highlight a segment.