diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/pr_lex.c b/tools/qfcc/source/pr_lex.c
index e71b6ba32..d6219d228 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/pr_lex.c
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/pr_lex.c
@@ -106,12 +106,13 @@ PR_LexString (void)
 	int         i;
 	int         mask;
 	int         boldnext;
+	int         quote;
 
 	pr_token_len = 0;
 	mask = 0x00;
 	boldnext = 0;
 
-	pr_file_p++;
+	quote = *pr_file_p++;
 	do {
 		c = *pr_file_p++;
 		if (!c)
@@ -123,12 +124,18 @@ PR_LexString (void)
 			if (!c)
 				error (0, "EOF inside quote");
 			switch (c) {
+				case '\\':
+					c = '\\';
+					break;
 				case 'n':
 					c = '\n';
 					break;
 				case '"':
 					c = '\"';
 					break;
+				case '\'':
+					c = '\'';
+					break;
 				case '0':
 				case '1':
 				case '2':
@@ -197,7 +204,7 @@ PR_LexString (void)
 					error (0, "Unknown escape char");
 					break;
 			}
-		} else if (c == '\"') {
+		} else if (c == quote) {
 			pr_token[pr_token_len] = 0;
 			pr_token_type = tt_immediate;
 			pr_immediate_type = &type_string;
diff --git a/tools/qfcc/source/qc-lex.l b/tools/qfcc/source/qc-lex.l
index 89203862f..860bb4000 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/source/qc-lex.l
+++ b/tools/qfcc/source/qc-lex.l
@@ -108,7 +108,17 @@ m		([\-+]?)
 						sscanf (yytext, "' %f %f %f %f '",
 								&yylval.vector_val[0], &yylval.vector_val[1],
 								&yylval.vector_val[2], &yylval.vector_val[3]);
-						return VECTOR_VAL;
+						return QUATERNION_VAL;
+					}
+
+'(\\[^xX0-7\n]|[^'\n]|\\[xX][0-9A-Fa-f]+|\\[0-7]+)*'	{
+						char *str = make_string (yytext);
+
+						if (str[1])
+							warning (0, "multibyte char constant");
+						yylval.integer_val = *str;
+						free (str);
+						return INT_VAL;
 					}
 
 ^#{s}+{DIGIT}+{s}+\"(\.|[^"])*\".*$ {