diff --git a/src/__tests__/attributes.mjs b/src/__tests__/attributes.mjs
index a83d17d..da3af4f 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/attributes.mjs
+++ b/src/__tests__/attributes.mjs
@@ -437,7 +437,8 @@ test("extraneous non-combinating whitespace", "  [href]   ,  [class]   ", (t, tr
 test("newline in attribute selector", '[class="woop \\\nwoop woop"]', (t, tree) => {
   t.deepEqual(tree.nodes[0].nodes[0].attribute, "class");
   t.deepEqual(tree.nodes[0].nodes[0].operator, "=");
-  t.deepEqual(tree.nodes[0].nodes[0].value, "woop \nwoop woop");
+  // CSS string continuations do not contribute a character to the value.
+  t.deepEqual(tree.nodes[0].nodes[0].value, "woop woop woop");
   t.true(tree.nodes[0].nodes[0].quoted);
 });
 
diff --git a/src/__tests__/escapes.mjs b/src/__tests__/escapes.mjs
index 946176b..fe33910 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/escapes.mjs
+++ b/src/__tests__/escapes.mjs
@@ -43,3 +43,33 @@ for (const [value, expected] of [
     t.is(tree.first.first.value, expected);
   });
 }
+
+for (const quoteMark of ['"', "'"]) {
+  for (const newline of ["\n", "\r\n", "\r", "\f"]) {
+    const value = `a\\${newline}b`;
+    const selector = `[title=${quoteMark}${value}${quoteMark}]`;
+    test(
+      `quoted line continuation ${JSON.stringify(quoteMark)} ${JSON.stringify(newline)}`,
+      selector,
+      (t, tree) => {
+        const attribute = tree.first.first;
+        t.is(attribute.value, "ab");
+        t.is(attribute.raws.value, `${quoteMark}${value}${quoteMark}`);
+        t.is(attribute.getQuotedValue(), `${quoteMark}ab${quoteMark}`);
+        attribute.setValue(attribute.value);
+        t.is(tree.toString(), `[title=${quoteMark}ab${quoteMark}]`);
+      },
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+for (const [value, expected] of [
+  [`a${"\\".repeat(3)}\nb`, "a\\b"],
+  ["a\\\tb", "a\tb"],
+  ["a\\ b", "a b"],
+  ["a\\a b", "a\nb"],
+]) {
+  test(`quoted continuation boundary ${JSON.stringify(value)}`, `[x="${value}"]`, (t, tree) => {
+    t.is(tree.first.first.value, expected);
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/selectors/attribute.js b/src/selectors/attribute.js
index f97d994..1c196b9 100644
--- a/src/selectors/attribute.js
+++ b/src/selectors/attribute.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export function unescapeValue(value) {
     quoteMark = m[1];
     unescaped = m[2];
   }
-  unescaped = unesc(unescaped);
+  unescaped = unesc(unescaped, quoteMark !== null);
   if (unescaped !== value) {
     deprecatedUsage = true;
   }
diff --git a/src/util/unesc.js b/src/util/unesc.js
index 49cef40..0709f17 100644
--- a/src/util/unesc.js
+++ b/src/util/unesc.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function gobbleHex(str) {
 
 const CONTAINS_ESCAPE = /\\/;
 
-export default function unesc(str) {
+export default function unesc(str, inString = false) {
   let needToProcess = CONTAINS_ESCAPE.test(str);
   if (!needToProcess) {
     return str;
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ export default function unesc(str) {
 
   for (let i = 0; i < str.length; i++) {
     if (str[i] === "\\") {
+      const next = str[i + 1];
+      if (inString && (next === "\n" || next === "\r" || next === "\f")) {
+        // CSS string continuations contribute no character; CRLF is one newline.
+        i += next === "\r" && str[i + 2] === "\n" ? 2 : 1;
+        continue;
+      }
       const gobbled = gobbleHex(str.slice(i + 1, i + 9));
       if (gobbled !== undefined) {
         ret += gobbled[0];