diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_enum/mod_enum.c b/src/mod/applications/mod_enum/mod_enum.c
index 03f57cbdbd..bef5cfa6e4 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_enum/mod_enum.c
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_enum/mod_enum.c
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ static void parse_rr(const struct dns_parse *p, enum_query_t * q, struct dns_rr
 	char *service = NULL;
 	char *regex = NULL;
 	char *replace = NULL;
+	char *ptr;
 	int argc = 0;
 	char *argv[4] = { 0 };
 	int n;
@@ -333,6 +334,12 @@ static void parse_rr(const struct dns_parse *p, enum_query_t * q, struct dns_rr
 			goto xperr;
 		}
 
+		for (ptr = replace; ptr && *ptr; ptr++) {
+			if (*ptr == '\\') {
+				*ptr = '$';
+			}
+		}
+
 		if (flags && service && regex && replace) {
 			switch_regex_t *re = NULL;
 			int proceed = 0, ovector[30];