diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 52d5b7be..1606f3b4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@
   (e.g. KDE/plasma).
 * Nanosecs "overflow" when calculating timeout value for
   `resize-delay-ms` option.
+* Missing backslash in ST terminator in escape sequences in the
+  built-in terminfo (accessed via XTGETTCAP).
 
 [1173]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1173
 
diff --git a/scripts/generate-builtin-terminfo.py b/scripts/generate-builtin-terminfo.py
index 906e2be0..035fa1cc 100755
--- a/scripts/generate-builtin-terminfo.py
+++ b/scripts/generate-builtin-terminfo.py
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ class StringCapability(Capability):
             value = re.sub(r'\\E([0-7])', r'\\033" "\1', value)
             value = re.sub(r'\\E', r'\\033', value)
         else:
+            # Need to double-escape backslashes. These only occur in
+            # ‘\E\’ combos. Note that \E itself is updated below
+            value = value.replace('\\E\\\\', '\\E\\\\\\\\')
+
             # Need to double-escape \E in C string literals
             value = value.replace('\\E', '\\\\E')