diff --git a/parser/table.go b/parser/table.go
index 645e24c..36d7977 100644
--- a/parser/table.go
+++ b/parser/table.go
@@ -153,9 +153,24 @@ func matchTableCellTokens(tokens []*tokenizer.Token) (int, bool) {
 	}
 
 	pipes := 0
-	for _, token := range tokens {
+	escapeNextPipe := false
+	for i, token := range tokens {
+		if token.Type == tokenizer.Backslash {
+			escapeNextPipe = true
+			continue
+		}
 		if token.Type == tokenizer.Pipe {
-			pipes++
+			if escapeNextPipe {
+				tokens[i].Type = ""
+				tokens[i].Value = "|"
+				tokens[i-1].Type = ""
+				tokens[i-1].Value = ""
+				escapeNextPipe = false
+			} else {
+				pipes++
+			}
+		} else {
+			escapeNextPipe = false
 		}
 	}
 	cells := tokenizer.Split(tokens, tokenizer.Pipe)
diff --git a/parser/tests/table_test.go b/parser/tests/table_test.go
index da55fcd..34d2ba4 100644
--- a/parser/tests/table_test.go
+++ b/parser/tests/table_test.go
@@ -85,6 +85,28 @@ func TestTableParser(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			text: "| header |\n| --- |\n| cell\\|\\|cell |\n",
+			node: &ast.Table{
+				Header: []ast.Node{
+					&ast.Paragraph{
+						Children: []ast.Node{
+							&ast.Text{Content: "header"},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				Delimiter: []string{"---"},
+				Rows: [][]ast.Node{
+					{
+						&ast.Paragraph{
+							Children: []ast.Node{
+								&ast.Text{Content: "cell||cell"},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {