diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/jdk/Resources.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/jdk/Resources.java
index 28bfec77f7e..15963c1437e 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/jdk/Resources.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/jdk/Resources.java
@@ -280,10 +280,28 @@ public void registerIncludePattern(String module, String pattern) {
         assert MissingRegistrationUtils.throwMissingRegistrationErrors();
         synchronized (includePatterns) {
             updateTimeStamp();
-            includePatterns.add(new ModuleResourcePair(module, pattern));
+            includePatterns.add(new ModuleResourcePair(module, handleEscapedCharacters(pattern)));
         }
     }
 
+    @Platforms(Platform.HOSTED_ONLY.class)//
+    private static final String BEGIN_ESCAPED_SEQUENCE = "\\Q";
+
+    @Platforms(Platform.HOSTED_ONLY.class)//
+    private static final String END_ESCAPED_SEQUENCE = "\\E";
+
+    /*
+     * This handles generated include patterns which start and end with \Q and \E. The actual
+     * resource name is located inbetween those tags.
+     */
+    @Platforms(Platform.HOSTED_ONLY.class)
+    private static String handleEscapedCharacters(String pattern) {
+        if (pattern.startsWith(BEGIN_ESCAPED_SEQUENCE) && pattern.endsWith(END_ESCAPED_SEQUENCE)) {
+            return pattern.substring(BEGIN_ESCAPED_SEQUENCE.length(), pattern.length() - END_ESCAPED_SEQUENCE.length());
+        }
+        return pattern;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Avoid pulling native file system by using {@link NativeImageResourcePath} implementation to
      * convert <code>resourceName</code> to canonical variant.