diff --git a/tool/src/org/antlr/v4/codegen/target/PHPTarget.java b/tool/src/org/antlr/v4/codegen/target/PHPTarget.java
index 686e10e9c..b359cee9c 100644
--- a/tool/src/org/antlr/v4/codegen/target/PHPTarget.java
+++ b/tool/src/org/antlr/v4/codegen/target/PHPTarget.java
@@ -102,4 +102,12 @@ public class PHPTarget extends Target {
 	protected void appendUnicodeEscapedCodePoint(int codePoint, StringBuilder sb) {
 		UnicodeEscapes.appendPythonStyleEscapedCodePoint(codePoint, sb);
 	}
+
+   @Override
+   public String getTargetStringLiteralFromANTLRStringLiteral(CodeGenerator generator, String literal, boolean addQuotes) {
+	   String targetStringLiteral = super.getTargetStringLiteralFromANTLRStringLiteral(generator, literal, addQuotes);
+	   targetStringLiteral = targetStringLiteral.replace("$", "\\$");
+
+	   return targetStringLiteral;
+   }
 }