diff --git a/parse_test.go b/parse_test.go
index 63e0fb53..6c2563e0 100644
--- a/parse_test.go
+++ b/parse_test.go
@@ -1654,6 +1654,7 @@ func TestParseSVCB(t *testing.T) {
 		`example.com.   SVCB   16 foo.example.org. alpn=f\\\092oo\092,bar,h2`: `example.com.	3600	IN	SVCB	16 foo.example.org. alpn="f\\\092oo\\\044bar,h2"`,
 		// From draft-ietf-add-ddr-06
 		`_dns.example.net. SVCB 1 example.net. alpn=h2 dohpath=/dns-query{?dns}`: `_dns.example.net.	3600	IN	SVCB	1 example.net. alpn="h2" dohpath="/dns-query{?dns}"`,
+		`_dns.example.net. SVCB 1 example.net. alpn=h2 dohpath=/dns\045query{\?dns}`: `_dns.example.net.	3600	IN	SVCB	1 example.net. alpn="h2" dohpath="/dns-query{?dns}"`,
 	}
 	for s, o := range svcbs {
 		rr, err := NewRR(s)
diff --git a/svcb.go b/svcb.go
index b9c6a952..ea58710d 100644
--- a/svcb.go
+++ b/svcb.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
@@ -789,7 +790,7 @@ type SVCBDoHPath struct {
 }
 
 func (*SVCBDoHPath) Key() SVCBKey            { return SVCB_DOHPATH }
-func (s *SVCBDoHPath) String() string        { return s.Template }
+func (s *SVCBDoHPath) String() string        { return svcbParamToStr([]byte(s.Template)) }
 func (s *SVCBDoHPath) len() int              { return len(s.Template) }
 func (s *SVCBDoHPath) pack() ([]byte, error) { return []byte(s.Template), nil }
 
@@ -799,7 +800,11 @@ func (s *SVCBDoHPath) unpack(b []byte) error {
 }
 
 func (s *SVCBDoHPath) parse(b string) error {
-	s.Template = b
+	template, err := svcbParseParam(b)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("dns: svcbdohpath: %w", err)
+	}
+	s.Template = string(template)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -825,6 +830,7 @@ type SVCBLocal struct {
 }
 
 func (s *SVCBLocal) Key() SVCBKey          { return s.KeyCode }
+func (s *SVCBLocal) String() string        { return svcbParamToStr(s.Data) }
 func (s *SVCBLocal) pack() ([]byte, error) { return append([]byte(nil), s.Data...), nil }
 func (s *SVCBLocal) len() int              { return len(s.Data) }
 
@@ -833,50 +839,10 @@ func (s *SVCBLocal) unpack(b []byte) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (s *SVCBLocal) String() string {
-	var str strings.Builder
-	str.Grow(4 * len(s.Data))
-	for _, e := range s.Data {
-		if ' ' <= e && e <= '~' {
-			switch e {
-			case '"', ';', ' ', '\\':
-				str.WriteByte('\\')
-				str.WriteByte(e)
-			default:
-				str.WriteByte(e)
-			}
-		} else {
-			str.WriteString(escapeByte(e))
-		}
-	}
-	return str.String()
-}
-
 func (s *SVCBLocal) parse(b string) error {
-	data := make([]byte, 0, len(b))
-	for i := 0; i < len(b); {
-		if b[i] != '\\' {
-			data = append(data, b[i])
-			i++
-			continue
-		}
-		if i+1 == len(b) {
-			return errors.New("dns: svcblocal: svcb private/experimental key escape unterminated")
-		}
-		if isDigit(b[i+1]) {
-			if i+3 < len(b) && isDigit(b[i+2]) && isDigit(b[i+3]) {
-				a, err := strconv.ParseUint(b[i+1:i+4], 10, 8)
-				if err == nil {
-					i += 4
-					data = append(data, byte(a))
-					continue
-				}
-			}
-			return errors.New("dns: svcblocal: svcb private/experimental key bad escaped octet")
-		} else {
-			data = append(data, b[i+1])
-			i += 2
-		}
+	data, err := svcbParseParam(b)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("dns: svcblocal: svcb private/experimental key %w", err)
 	}
 	s.Data = data
 	return nil
@@ -917,3 +883,53 @@ func areSVCBPairArraysEqual(a []SVCBKeyValue, b []SVCBKeyValue) bool {
 	}
 	return true
 }
+
+// svcbParamStr converts the value of an SVCB parameter into a DNS presentation-format string.
+func svcbParamToStr(s []byte) string {
+	var str strings.Builder
+	str.Grow(4 * len(s))
+	for _, e := range s {
+		if ' ' <= e && e <= '~' {
+			switch e {
+			case '"', ';', ' ', '\\':
+				str.WriteByte('\\')
+				str.WriteByte(e)
+			default:
+				str.WriteByte(e)
+			}
+		} else {
+			str.WriteString(escapeByte(e))
+		}
+	}
+	return str.String()
+}
+
+// svcbParseParam parses a DNS presentation-format string into an SVCB parameter value.
+func svcbParseParam(b string) ([]byte, error) {
+	data := make([]byte, 0, len(b))
+	for i := 0; i < len(b); {
+		if b[i] != '\\' {
+			data = append(data, b[i])
+			i++
+			continue
+		}
+		if i+1 == len(b) {
+			return nil, errors.New("escape unterminated")
+		}
+		if isDigit(b[i+1]) {
+			if i+3 < len(b) && isDigit(b[i+2]) && isDigit(b[i+3]) {
+				a, err := strconv.ParseUint(b[i+1:i+4], 10, 8)
+				if err == nil {
+					i += 4
+					data = append(data, byte(a))
+					continue
+				}
+			}
+			return nil, errors.New("bad escaped octet")
+		} else {
+			data = append(data, b[i+1])
+			i += 2
+		}
+	}
+	return data, nil
+}