diff --git a/lib/graphql/language.rb b/lib/graphql/language.rb
index 69f5276f53..d8f967ac16 100644
--- a/lib/graphql/language.rb
+++ b/lib/graphql/language.rb
@@ -47,13 +47,19 @@ def self.serialize(value)
     def self.escape_single_quoted_newlines(query_str)
       scanner = StringScanner.new(query_str)
       inside_single_quoted_string = false
+      inside_triple_quoted_string = false
       new_query_str = nil
       while !scanner.eos?
-        if scanner.skip(/(?:\\"|[^"\n\r]|""")+/m)
+        if scanner.skip('"""')
+          inside_triple_quoted_string = !inside_triple_quoted_string
+          new_query_str && (new_query_str << scanner.matched)
+        elsif scanner.skip(/(?:\\"|[^"\n\r])+/m)
           new_query_str && (new_query_str << scanner.matched)
         elsif scanner.skip('"')
           new_query_str && (new_query_str << '"')
-          inside_single_quoted_string = !inside_single_quoted_string
+          if !inside_triple_quoted_string
+            inside_single_quoted_string = !inside_single_quoted_string
+          end
         elsif scanner.skip("\n")
           if inside_single_quoted_string
             new_query_str ||= query_str[0, scanner.pos - 1]
diff --git a/spec/graphql/language/parser_spec.rb b/spec/graphql/language/parser_spec.rb
index f00a17fa4b..4f3d181e01 100644
--- a/spec/graphql/language/parser_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/graphql/language/parser_spec.rb
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
       # No modification to block strings:
       "{ a(\"\"\"\n abc\n\"\"\") }" => "{ a(\"\"\"\n abc\n\"\"\") }",
       "{ a(\"\"\"\r\n abc\r\n\"\"\") }" => "{ a(\"\"\"\r\n abc\r\n\"\"\") }",
+      "{ x(s: \"\"\"The user said \"Did\n\"you change my input ?\"\"\") }" => "{ x(s: \"\"\"The user said \"Did\n\"you change my input ?\"\"\") }",
     }
 
     replacements.each_with_index do |(before_str, after_str), idx|