diff --git a/label_test.go b/label_test.go
index 7d10ac80..66dad89d 100644
--- a/label_test.go
+++ b/label_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package dns
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -28,3 +29,19 @@ func TestCompareLabels(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fail()
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSplitLabels(t *testing.T) {
+        s1 := "www.miek.nl."
+        s2 := "www.miek.nl"
+        s3 := `www\.miek.nl.`
+        s4 := `www\\.miek.nl.`
+
+        println(len(SplitLabels(s1)))
+        fmt.Printf("%v\n", SplitLabels(s1))
+        println(len(SplitLabels(s2)))
+        fmt.Printf("%v\n", SplitLabels(s2))
+        println(len(SplitLabels(s3)))
+        fmt.Printf("%v\n", SplitLabels(s3))
+        println(len(SplitLabels(s4)))
+        fmt.Printf("%v\n", SplitLabels(s4))
+}
diff --git a/labels.go b/labels.go
index 1554c677..7db702a6 100644
--- a/labels.go
+++ b/labels.go
@@ -4,25 +4,24 @@ package dns
 
 // SplitLabels splits a domainname string into its labels.
 func SplitLabels(s string) []string {
-	last := byte('.')
 	k := 0
 	labels := make([]string, 0)
-        escape := false
+        last := byte('.')
+        lastlast := byte('.')
 	s = Fqdn(s) // Make fully qualified
 	for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
-                escape = false
-                if s[i] == '\\' {
-                        escape = true
-                }
 		if s[i] == '.' {
-			if last == '\\' && !escape {
-				// do nothing
-				break
+                        if last == '\\' {
+                                if lastlast != '\\' {
+                                        // do nothing
+                                        continue
+                                }
 			}
 			labels = append(labels, s[k:i])
 			k = i + 1 // + dot
 		}
-		last = s[i]
+                lastlast = last
+                last = s[i]
 	}
 	return labels
 }