diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/webelem.py b/qutebrowser/browser/webelem.py
index 02e4812bb..5a31de765 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/webelem.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/webelem.py
@@ -308,6 +308,9 @@ def javascript_escape(text):
         ('\n', r'\n'),  # We also need to escape newlines for some reason.
         ('\r', r'\r'),
         ('\x00', r'\x00'),
+        # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2965293/
+        ('\u2028', r'\u2028'),
+        ('\u2029', r'\u2029'),
     )
     for orig, repl in replacements:
         text = text.replace(orig, repl)
diff --git a/tests/unit/browser/test_webelem.py b/tests/unit/browser/test_webelem.py
index 2979473a3..68e310aea 100644
--- a/tests/unit/browser/test_webelem.py
+++ b/tests/unit/browser/test_webelem.py
@@ -587,6 +587,9 @@ class TestJavascriptEscape:
         '☃': '☃',
         '\x80Ā': '\x80Ā',
         '𐀀\x00𐀀\x00': r'𐀀\x00𐀀\x00',
+        # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2965293/
+        '\u2028': r'\u2028',
+        '\u2029': r'\u2029',
     }
 
     # Once there was this warning here: