diff --git a/Test/bug1611054.cs b/Test/bug1611054.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..545f3e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Test/bug1611054.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+class C {
+	public String a() {
+		return @"c:\";
+	}
+	// this tag is missing in ctags 5.6
+	public void b() {
+	}
+}
diff --git a/c.c b/c.c
index b1d04dd..6201312 100644
--- a/c.c
+++ b/c.c
@@ -2761,7 +2761,7 @@ static boolean findCTags (const unsigned int passCount)
 	boolean retry;
 
 	Assert (passCount < 3);
-	cppInit ((boolean) (passCount > 1));
+	cppInit ((boolean) (passCount > 1), isLanguage (Lang_csharp));
 	Signature = vStringNew ();
 
 	exception = (exception_t) setjmp (Exception);
diff --git a/get.c b/get.c
index 7d4ad48..8c88efb 100644
--- a/get.c
+++ b/get.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ enum eState {
 typedef struct sCppState {
 	int		ungetch, ungetch2;   /* ungotten characters, if any */
 	boolean resolveRequired;     /* must resolve if/else/elif/endif branch */
+	boolean hasAtLiteralStrings; /* supports @"c:\" strings */
 	struct sDirective {
 		enum eState state;       /* current directive being processed */
 		boolean	accept;          /* is a directive syntatically permitted? */
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ static boolean BraceFormat = FALSE;
 static cppState Cpp = {
 	'\0', '\0',  /* ungetch characters */
 	FALSE,       /* resolveRequired */
+	FALSE,       /* hasAtLiteralStrings */
 	{
 		DRCTV_NONE,  /* state */
 		FALSE,       /* accept */
@@ -106,13 +108,14 @@ extern unsigned int getDirectiveNestLevel (void)
 	return Cpp.directive.nestLevel;
 }
 
-extern void cppInit (const boolean state)
+extern void cppInit (const boolean state, const boolean hasAtLiteralStrings)
 {
 	BraceFormat = state;
 
 	Cpp.ungetch         = '\0';
 	Cpp.ungetch2        = '\0';
 	Cpp.resolveRequired = FALSE;
+	Cpp.hasAtLiteralStrings = hasAtLiteralStrings;
 
 	Cpp.directive.state     = DRCTV_NONE;
 	Cpp.directive.accept    = TRUE;
@@ -477,13 +480,13 @@ static int skipOverCplusComment (void)
 /*  Skips to the end of a string, returning a special character to
  *  symbolically represent a generic string.
  */
-static int skipToEndOfString (void)
+static int skipToEndOfString (boolean ignoreBackslash)
 {
 	int c;
 
 	while ((c = fileGetc ()) != EOF)
 	{
-		if (c == BACKSLASH)
+		if (c == BACKSLASH && ! ignoreBackslash)
 			fileGetc ();  /* throw away next character, too */
 		else if (c == DOUBLE_QUOTE)
 			break;
@@ -564,7 +567,7 @@ process:
 
 			case DOUBLE_QUOTE:
 				Cpp.directive.accept = FALSE;
-				c = skipToEndOfString ();
+				c = skipToEndOfString (FALSE);
 				break;
 
 			case '#':
@@ -639,6 +642,16 @@ process:
 			} break;
 
 			default:
+				if (c == '@' && Cpp.hasAtLiteralStrings)
+				{
+					int next = fileGetc ();
+					if (next == DOUBLE_QUOTE)
+					{
+						Cpp.directive.accept = FALSE;
+						c = skipToEndOfString (TRUE);
+						break;
+					}
+				}
 				Cpp.directive.accept = FALSE;
 				if (directive)
 					ignore = handleDirective (c);
diff --git a/get.h b/get.h
index 5bd7799..09b3da9 100644
--- a/get.h
+++ b/get.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 */
 extern boolean isBraceFormat (void);
 extern unsigned int getDirectiveNestLevel (void);
-extern void cppInit (const boolean state);
+extern void cppInit (const boolean state, const boolean hasAtLiteralStrings);
 extern void cppTerminate (void);
 extern void cppBeginStatement (void);
 extern void cppEndStatement (void);