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diff --git a/tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/escape.rs b/tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/escape.rs
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+use bstr::{BString, ByteSlice};
+
+pub fn escape_bstr(s: &[u8]) -> BString {
+    let mut s: Vec<u8> = s.to_owned();
+
+    s = s.replace(b"\\", b"\\\\");
+    s = s.replace(b"\n", b"\\n");
+    s = s.replace(b"\r", b"\\r");
+    s = s.replace(b"\t", b"\\t");
+    s = s.replace(b"\"", b"\\\"");
+
+    let mut out: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+    out.push(b'\"');
+    out.append(&mut s);
+    out.push(b'\"');
+
+    out.into()
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::escape_bstr;
+    use test_case::test_case;
+
+    #[test_case(b"", b"\"\""; "empty")]
+    #[test_case(b"\"", b"\"\\\"\""; "doublequote")]
+    #[test_case(b":", b"\":\""; "colon")]
+    fn escape(input: &[u8], expected: &[u8]) {
+        assert_eq!(expected, escape_bstr(input))
+    }
+}