diff --git a/parser/Cargo.toml b/parser/Cargo.toml
index 23f5b7b6..5e0e7cbb 100644
--- a/parser/Cargo.toml
+++ b/parser/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 toktrie = { git = "https://github.com/microsoft/toktrie", rev = "6934722328ee1d3d679f95fcd5c669d47cee08f2" }
-derivre = { git = "https://github.com/microsoft/derivre", rev = "fb0ba7b6307782e0d43a0ca598b237836cb6d304" }
+derivre = { git = "https://github.com/microsoft/derivre", rev = "ad363698cc95d7e63c5116aa114596f18dc79385" }
 serde = { version = "1.0.192", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.108"
 anyhow = "1.0.75"
diff --git a/parser/src/api.rs b/parser/src/api.rs
index 5c59f023..a0e4ef19 100644
--- a/parser/src/api.rs
+++ b/parser/src/api.rs
@@ -86,6 +86,23 @@ pub enum Node {
         /// Override sampling temperature.
         temperature: Option<f32>,
 
+        /// When set, the lexeme will be quoted as a JSON string.
+        /// For example, /[a-z"]+/ will be quoted as /([a-z]|\\")+/
+        json_string: Option<bool>,
+
+        /// It lists the allowed escape sequences, typically one of:
+        /// "nrbtf\\\"u" - to allow all JSON escapes, including \u00XX for control characters
+        ///     this is the default
+        /// "nrbtf\\\"" - to disallow \u00XX control characters
+        /// "nrt\\\"" - to also disallow unusual escapes (\f and \b)
+        /// "" - to disallow all escapes
+        /// Note that \uXXXX for non-control characters (code points above U+001F) are never allowed,
+        /// as they never have to be quoted in JSON.
+        json_allowed_escapes: Option<String>,
+
+        /// When set and json_string is also set, "..." will not be added around the regular expression.
+        json_raw: Option<bool>,
+
         #[serde(flatten)]
         props: NodeProps,
     },
@@ -115,6 +132,12 @@ pub enum Node {
     },
 }
 
+pub enum JsonQuoteOptions {
+    /// Do not allow \uXXXX in strings. Will allow \n, \t, \" etc
+    NoUnicodeEscapes,
+    WithUnicodeEscapes,
+}
+
 /// Optional fields allowed on any Node
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Default, Clone)]
 pub struct NodeProps {
diff --git a/parser/src/earley/from_guidance.rs b/parser/src/earley/from_guidance.rs
index 0f83c94e..a578e059 100644
--- a/parser/src/earley/from_guidance.rs
+++ b/parser/src/earley/from_guidance.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ use crate::api::{
     GrammarWithLexer, Node, RegexId, RegexNode, RegexSpec, TopLevelGrammar, DEFAULT_CONTEXTUAL,
 };
 use crate::Logger;
-use anyhow::{bail, Result};
-use derivre::{ExprRef, RegexAst, RegexBuilder};
+use anyhow::{bail, ensure, Result};
+use derivre::{ExprRef, JsonQuoteOptions, RegexAst, RegexBuilder};
 
 fn resolve_rx(rx_refs: &[ExprRef], node: &RegexSpec) -> Result<RegexAst> {
     match node {
@@ -166,12 +166,32 @@ fn grammar_from_json(input: GrammarWithLexer) -> Result<(LexerSpec, Grammar)> {
                 rx,
                 contextual,
                 temperature,
+                json_allowed_escapes,
+                json_raw,
+                json_string,
                 ..
             } => {
+                let json_options = if json_string.unwrap_or(false) {
+                    Some(JsonQuoteOptions {
+                        allowed_escapes: json_allowed_escapes
+                            .as_ref()
+                            .map_or("nrbtf\\\"u", |e| e.as_str())
+                            .to_string(),
+                        raw_mode: json_raw.unwrap_or(false),
+                    })
+                } else {
+                    ensure!(
+                        json_allowed_escapes.is_none(),
+                        "json_allowed_escapes is only valid for json_string"
+                    );
+                    ensure!(json_raw.is_none(), "json_raw is only valid for json_string");
+                    None
+                };
                 let idx = lexer_spec.add_greedy_lexeme(
                     format!("lex_{}", grm.sym_name(lhs)),
                     resolve_rx(&rx_nodes, rx)?,
                     contextual.unwrap_or(input.contextual.unwrap_or(DEFAULT_CONTEXTUAL)),
+                    json_options,
                 )?;
                 if let Some(t) = temperature {
                     let symprops = grm.sym_props_mut(lhs);
diff --git a/parser/src/earley/lexerspec.rs b/parser/src/earley/lexerspec.rs
index e9dd3537..0fc492ad 100644
--- a/parser/src/earley/lexerspec.rs
+++ b/parser/src/earley/lexerspec.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
-use derivre::{ExprRef, RegexAst, RegexBuilder};
+use derivre::{ExprRef, JsonQuoteOptions, RegexAst, RegexBuilder};
 use std::{fmt::Debug, hash::Hash};
 use toktrie::{bytes::limit_str, SimpleVob};
 
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ pub struct LexemeSpec {
     ends_at_eos: bool,
     lazy: bool,
     contextual: bool,
+    json_options: Option<JsonQuoteOptions>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Hash, PartialEq, Eq)]
@@ -129,6 +130,11 @@ impl LexerSpec {
 
     fn add_lexeme_spec(&mut self, mut spec: LexemeSpec) -> Result<LexemeIdx> {
         let compiled = self.regex_builder.mk(&spec.rx)?;
+        let compiled = if let Some(ref opts) = spec.json_options {
+            self.regex_builder.json_quote(compiled, opts)?
+        } else {
+            compiled
+        };
         if let Some(idx) = self
             .lexemes
             .iter()
@@ -152,6 +158,7 @@ impl LexerSpec {
             lazy: false,
             contextual: false,
             ends_at_eos: false,
+            json_options: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -195,11 +202,13 @@ impl LexerSpec {
         name: String,
         rx: RegexAst,
         contextual: bool,
+        json_options: Option<JsonQuoteOptions>,
     ) -> Result<LexemeIdx> {
         self.add_lexeme_spec(LexemeSpec {
             name,
             rx,
             contextual,
+            json_options,
             ..self.empty_spec()
         })
     }