diff --git a/stix2/pattern_visitor.py b/stix2/pattern_visitor.py
index 16e4d3c..b2d7a53 100644
--- a/stix2/pattern_visitor.py
+++ b/stix2/pattern_visitor.py
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ import importlib
 import inspect
 
 from antlr4 import CommonTokenStream, InputStream
+from antlr4.tree.Trees import Trees
 import six
+from stix2patterns.exceptions import ParseException
 from stix2patterns.grammars.STIXPatternLexer import STIXPatternLexer
 from stix2patterns.grammars.STIXPatternParser import (
     STIXPatternParser, TerminalNode,
@@ -305,7 +307,10 @@ class STIXPatternVisitorForSTIX2(STIXPatternVisitor):
         elif node.symbol.type == STIXPatternParser.BinaryLiteral:
             return BinaryConstant(node.getText(), from_parse_tree=True)
         elif node.symbol.type == STIXPatternParser.StringLiteral:
-            return StringConstant(node.getText().strip('\''), from_parse_tree=True)
+            if node.getText()[0] == "'" and node.getText()[-1] == "'":
+                return StringConstant(node.getText()[1:-1], from_parse_tree=True)
+            else:
+                raise ParseException("The pattern does not start and end with a single quote")
         elif node.symbol.type == STIXPatternParser.BoolLiteral:
             return BooleanConstant(node.getText())
         elif node.symbol.type == STIXPatternParser.TimestampLiteral:
@@ -345,6 +350,7 @@ def create_pattern_object(pattern, module_suffix="", module_name=""):
     stream = CommonTokenStream(lexer)
 
     parser = STIXPatternParser(stream)
+
     parser.buildParseTrees = True
     # it always adds a console listener by default... remove it.
     parser.removeErrorListeners()
diff --git a/stix2/test/v21/test_pattern_expressions.py b/stix2/test/v21/test_pattern_expressions.py
index 23a401b..76880be 100644
--- a/stix2/test/v21/test_pattern_expressions.py
+++ b/stix2/test/v21/test_pattern_expressions.py
@@ -510,3 +510,8 @@ def test_parsing_qualified_expression():
 def test_list_constant():
     patt_obj = create_pattern_object("[network-traffic:src_ref.value IN ('10.0.0.0', '10.0.0.1', '10.0.0.2')]")
     assert str(patt_obj) == "[network-traffic:src_ref.value IN ('10.0.0.0', '10.0.0.1', '10.0.0.2')]"
+
+
+def test_parsing_multiple_slashes_quotes():
+    patt_obj = create_pattern_object("[ file:name = 'weird_name\\'' ]")
+    assert str(patt_obj) == "[file:name = 'weird_name\\'']"