diff --git a/src/link/output.cpp b/src/link/output.cpp
index e584ce916..f7760ce73 100644
--- a/src/link/output.cpp
+++ b/src/link/output.cpp
@@ -266,15 +266,15 @@ static bool isLegalForSymName(char c) {
 	       || c == '@' || c == '#' || c == '$' || c == '.';
 }
 
-// Prints a symbol's name to `symFile`, assuming that the first character is legal.
+// Prints a symbol's name to a file, assuming that the first character is legal.
 // Illegal characters are UTF-8-decoded (errors are replaced by U+FFFD) and emitted as `\u`/`\U`.
-static void printSymName(char const *name) {
-	for (char const *ptr = name; *ptr != '\0';) {
+static void printSymName(std::string const &name, FILE *file) {
+	for (char const *ptr = name.c_str(); *ptr != '\0';) {
 		char c = *ptr;
 
 		if (isLegalForSymName(c)) {
 			// Output legal ASCII characters as-is
-			putc(c, symFile);
+			putc(c, file);
 			++ptr;
 		} else {
 			// Output illegal characters using Unicode escapes
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ static void printSymName(char const *name) {
 				++ptr;
 			} while (state != 0);
 
-			fprintf(symFile, codepoint <= 0xFFFF ? "\\u%04" PRIx32 : "\\U%08" PRIx32, codepoint);
+			fprintf(file, codepoint <= 0xFFFF ? "\\u%04" PRIx32 : "\\U%08" PRIx32, codepoint);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ static void writeSymBank(SortedSections const &bankSections, SectionType type, u
 
 	for (SortedSymbol &sym : symList) {
 		fprintf(symFile, "%02" PRIx32 ":%04" PRIx16 " ", symBank, sym.addr);
-		printSymName(sym.sym->name.c_str());
+		printSymName(sym.sym->name, symFile);
 		putc('\n', symFile);
 	}
 }
@@ -396,6 +396,31 @@ static void writeEmptySpace(uint16_t begin, uint16_t end) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Prints a section's name to a file.
+static void printSectionName(std::string const &name, FILE *file) {
+	for (char c : name) {
+		// Escape characters that need escaping
+		switch (c) {
+		case '\n':
+			fputs("\\n", file);
+			break;
+		case '\r':
+			fputs("\\r", file);
+			break;
+		case '\t':
+			fputs("\\t", file);
+			break;
+		case '\\':
+		case '"':
+			putc('\\', file);
+			[[fallthrough]];
+		default:
+			putc(c, file);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Write a bank's contents to the map file
  */
@@ -427,35 +452,22 @@ static void writeMapBank(SortedSections const &sectList, SectionType type, uint3
 
 		prevEndAddr = sect->org + sect->size;
 
+		fprintf(mapFile, "\tSECTION: $%04" PRIx16, sect->org);
 		if (sect->size != 0)
-			fprintf(
-			    mapFile,
-			    "\tSECTION: $%04" PRIx16 "-$%04x ($%04" PRIx16 " byte%s) [\"%s\"]\n",
-			    sect->org,
-			    prevEndAddr - 1,
-			    sect->size,
-			    sect->size == 1 ? "" : "s",
-			    sect->name.c_str()
-			);
-		else
-			fprintf(
-			    mapFile,
-			    "\tSECTION: $%04" PRIx16 " (0 bytes) [\"%s\"]\n",
-			    sect->org,
-			    sect->name.c_str()
-			);
+			fprintf(mapFile, "-$%04x", prevEndAddr - 1);
+		fprintf(mapFile, " ($%04" PRIx16 " byte%s) [\"", sect->size, sect->size == 1 ? "" : "s");
+		printSectionName(sect->name, mapFile);
+		fputs("\"]\n", mapFile);
 
 		if (!noSymInMap) {
 			// Also print symbols in the following "pieces"
 			for (uint16_t org = sect->org; sect; sect = sect->nextu.get()) {
-				for (Symbol *sym : sect->symbols)
+				for (Symbol *sym : sect->symbols) {
 					// Space matches "\tSECTION: $xxxx ..."
-					fprintf(
-					    mapFile,
-					    "\t         $%04" PRIx32 " = %s\n",
-					    sym->label().offset + org,
-					    sym->name.c_str()
-					);
+					fprintf(mapFile, "\t         $%04" PRIx32 " = ", sym->label().offset + org);
+					printSymName(sym->name, mapFile);
+					putc('\n', mapFile);
+				}
 
 				if (sect->nextu) {
 					// Announce the following "piece"
@@ -579,7 +591,9 @@ static void writeSym() {
 	for (Symbol *sym : constants) {
 		int32_t val = sym->data.get<int32_t>();
 		int width = val < 0x100 ? 2 : val < 0x10000 ? 4 : 8;
-		fprintf(symFile, "%0*" PRIx32 " %s\n", width, val, sym->name.c_str());
+		fprintf(symFile, "%0*" PRIx32 " ", width, val);
+		printSymName(sym->name, symFile);
+		putc('\n', symFile);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/link/map-file/a.asm b/test/link/map-file/a.asm
index dd9f676ea..9f19a1746 100644
--- a/test/link/map-file/a.asm
+++ b/test/link/map-file/a.asm
@@ -25,3 +25,5 @@ wLabel1:: ds 6
 SECTION "hram", HRAM
 hLabel:: ds 7
 .local::
+
+SECTION "\n\r\t\"\\", ROM0[1]
diff --git a/test/link/map-file/ref.out.map b/test/link/map-file/ref.out.map
index 5ad9797af..b12a83481 100644
--- a/test/link/map-file/ref.out.map
+++ b/test/link/map-file/ref.out.map
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ ROM0 bank #0:
 	SECTION: $0000-$0000 ($0001 byte) ["rom0"]
 	         $0000 = Label0
 	         $0001 = Label0.local
+	SECTION: $0001 ($0000 bytes) ["\n\r\t\"\\"]
 	EMPTY: $0001-$3fff ($3fff bytes)
 	TOTAL EMPTY: $3fff bytes