diff --git a/lua_cjson.c b/lua_cjson.c
index 22f33f1..75d5c69 100644
--- a/lua_cjson.c
+++ b/lua_cjson.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static const char *char2escape[256] = {
     "\\u0018", "\\u0019", "\\u001a", "\\u001b",
     "\\u001c", "\\u001d", "\\u001e", "\\u001f",
     NULL, NULL, "\\\"", NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
-    NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, "\\/",
+    NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
     NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
     NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
     NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
diff --git a/manual.adoc b/manual.adoc
index 83303a3..04c6bb8 100644
--- a/manual.adoc
+++ b/manual.adoc
@@ -364,7 +364,6 @@ Lua CJSON will escape the following characters within each UTF-8 string:
 
 - Control characters (ASCII 0 - 31)
 - Double quote (ASCII 34)
-- Forward slash (ASCII 47)
 - Blackslash (ASCII 92)
 - Delete (ASCII 127)
 
diff --git a/tests/test.lua b/tests/test.lua
index 9690db4..cbaa633 100755
--- a/tests/test.lua
+++ b/tests/test.lua
@@ -413,6 +413,10 @@ local cjson_tests = {
     { "Decode (safe) error generation after new()",
       function(...) return json_safe.new().decode(...) end, { "Oops" },
       true, { nil, "Expected value but found invalid token at character 1" } },
+
+    { "Encode forward slash unescaped",
+      json.encode, {{ content={booths={custom0="https://t.co/a/b/c"}} }},
+      true, { '{"content":{"booths":{"custom0":"https://t.co/a/b/c"}}}' } },
 }
 
 print(("==> Testing Lua CJSON version %s\n"):format(json._VERSION))