diff --git a/test/data/bytestring.settings b/test/data/bytestring.settings
index b24137f..a002737 100644
--- a/test/data/bytestring.settings
+++ b/test/data/bytestring.settings
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ more'
 nix-dollar=b"$"
 no-unicode=b"\u202F"
 octal=b'\7777\1\28\33\449\555\8\42\176\177'
+spaces=b' foo\n bar '
diff --git a/test/data/strings.settings b/test/data/strings.settings
index 99cd310..378fe86 100644
--- a/test/data/strings.settings
+++ b/test/data/strings.settings
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+[strings]
+escapes-double="\\\a\b\f\n\r\t\v\c\d\e\"'\'"
+escapes-single='\\\a\b\f\n\r\t\v\c\d\e\""\''
+spaces=" foo\n bar "
+
 [org/gnome/evince]
 document-directory="@ms 'file:///home/user/Downloads'"
 
diff --git a/test/output/bytestring.nix b/test/output/bytestring.nix
index ae724bb..cf8da22 100644
--- a/test/output/bytestring.nix
+++ b/test/output/bytestring.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ with lib.hm.gvariant;
       nix-dollar = mkByteString ''${"$"}'';
       no-unicode = mkByteString ''u202F'';
       octal = mkByteString ''\3777\1\28\33${"$"}9m8"~\177'';
+      spaces = mkByteString '' foo\n bar '';
     };
 
   };
diff --git a/test/output/strings.nix b/test/output/strings.nix
index 6a905d4..b93b2e7 100644
--- a/test/output/strings.nix
+++ b/test/output/strings.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ with lib.hm.gvariant;
 
 {
   dconf.settings = {
+    "strings" = {
+      escapes-double = "\\\n
	cde\"''";
+      escapes-single = "\\\n
	cde\"\"'";
+      spaces = " foo\n bar ";
+    };
+
     "org/gnome/evince" = {
       document-directory = "@ms 'file:///home/user/Downloads'";
     };