diff --git a/happstack-server.cabal b/happstack-server.cabal
--- a/happstack-server.cabal
+++ b/happstack-server.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                happstack-server
-Version:             6.1.2
+Version:             6.1.3
 Synopsis:            Web related tools and services.
 Description:         Happstack Server provides an HTTP server and a rich set of functions for routing requests, handling query parameters, generating responses, working with cookies, serving files, and more. For in-depth documentation see the Happstack Crash Course <http://happstack.com/docs/crashcourse/index.html>
 License:             BSD3
diff --git a/src/Happstack/Server/Internal/Cookie.hs b/src/Happstack/Server/Internal/Cookie.hs
--- a/src/Happstack/Server/Internal/Cookie.hs
+++ b/src/Happstack/Server/Internal/Cookie.hs
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
           -- Parsers based on RFC 2068
           quoted_string = do
             char '"'
-            r <-many (oneOf qdtext)
+            r <-many ((try quotedPair) <|> (oneOf qdtext))
             char '"'
             return r
 
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@
           octet         = map chr [0..255]
           text          = octet \\ ctl
           qdtext        = text \\ "\""
+          quotedPair    = char '\\' >> anyChar
 
 -- | Get all cookies from the HTTP request. The cookies are ordered per RFC from
 -- the most specific to the least specific. Multiple cookies with the same
diff --git a/src/Happstack/Server/RqData.hs b/src/Happstack/Server/RqData.hs
--- a/src/Happstack/Server/RqData.hs
+++ b/src/Happstack/Server/RqData.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE DeriveDataTypeable, GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving, FlexibleInstances, MultiParamTypeClasses #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveDataTypeable, GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving, FlexibleContexts, FlexibleInstances, MultiParamTypeClasses #-}
 -- | Functions for extracting values from the query string, form data, cookies, etc. 
 --
 -- For in-depth documentation see the following section of the Happstack Crash Course:
diff --git a/tests/Happstack/Server/Tests.hs b/tests/Happstack/Server/Tests.hs
--- a/tests/Happstack/Server/Tests.hs
+++ b/tests/Happstack/Server/Tests.hs
@@ -38,21 +38,25 @@
     "cookieParserTest" ~:
     [parseCookies "$Version=1;Cookie1=value1;$Path=\"/testpath\";$Domain=example.com;cookie2=value2"
         @?= (Right [
-            Cookie "1" "/testpath" "example.com" "cookie1" "value1" False
-          , Cookie "1" "" "" "cookie2" "value2" False
+            Cookie "1" "/testpath" "example.com" "cookie1" "value1" False False
+          , Cookie "1" "" "" "cookie2" "value2" False False
           ])
     ,parseCookies "  \t $Version = \"1\" ; cookie1 = \"randomcrap!@#%^&*()-_+={}[]:;'<>,.?/\\|\" , $Path=/  "
         @?= (Right [
-            Cookie "1" "/" "" "cookie1" "randomcrap!@#%^&*()-_+={}[]:;'<>,.?/\\|" False
+            Cookie "1" "/" "" "cookie1" "randomcrap!@#%^&*()-_+={}[]:;'<>,.?/|" False False
           ])
     ,parseCookies " cookie1 = value1  "
         @?= (Right [
-            Cookie "" "" "" "cookie1" "value1" False
+            Cookie "" "" "" "cookie1" "value1" False False
           ])
     ,parseCookies " $Version=\"1\";buggygooglecookie = valuewith=whereitshouldnotbe  "
         @?= (Right [
-            Cookie "1" "" "" "buggygooglecookie" "valuewith=whereitshouldnotbe" False
+            Cookie "1" "" "" "buggygooglecookie" "valuewith=whereitshouldnotbe" False False
           ])
+    , parseCookies "foo=\"\\\"bar\\\"\""
+        @?= (Right [
+              Cookie "" "" ""  "foo" "\"bar\"" False False
+             ])
     ]
 
 acceptEncodingParserTest :: Test