diff --git a/dtool/src/cppparser/cppToken.cxx b/dtool/src/cppparser/cppToken.cxx
index a911df5f6f..167ae577cf 100644
--- a/dtool/src/cppparser/cppToken.cxx
+++ b/dtool/src/cppparser/cppToken.cxx
@@ -736,7 +736,11 @@ output_code(std::ostream &out) const {
         break;
 
       case '\'':
-        out << "\\\'";
+        out << (_token == CHAR_TOK ? "\\\'" : "'");
+        break;
+
+      case '"':
+        out << (_token == CHAR_TOK ? "\"" : "\\\"");
         break;
 
       case '\\':