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diff --git a/tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/string_escape.rs b/tvix/nix-compat/src/derivation/string_escape.rs
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+const STRING_ESCAPER: [(char, &str); 5] = [
+    ('\\', "\\\\"),
+    ('\n', "\\n"),
+    ('\r', "\\r"),
+    ('\t', "\\t"),
+    ('\"', "\\\""),
+];
+
+pub fn escape_string(s: &str) -> String {
+    let mut s_replaced = s.to_string();
+
+    for escape_sequence in STRING_ESCAPER {
+        s_replaced = s_replaced.replace(escape_sequence.0, escape_sequence.1);
+    }
+
+    format!("\"{}\"", s_replaced)
+}