diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/webelem.py b/qutebrowser/browser/webelem.py
index a4d65bedd..3c9a4b949 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/webelem.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/webelem.py
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ def javascript_escape(text):
         ("'", r"\'"),   # Then escape ' and " as \' and \".
         ('"', r'\"'),   # (note it won't hurt when we escape the wrong one).
         ('\n', r'\n'),  # We also need to escape newlines for some reason.
+        ('\r', r'\r'),
     )
     for orig, repl in replacements:
         text = text.replace(orig, repl)