diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index bcab03c35..a9a270e8d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 ANTLR v4 Honey Badger
 
+December 31, 2012
+
+* I altered Target.getTargetStringLiteralFromANTLRStringLiteral() so that
+  it converts \uXXXX in an ANTLR string to \\uXXXX, thus, avoiding Java's
+  conversion to a single character before compilation.
+
 December 16, 2012
 
 * Encapsulate some fields in ANTLRMessage
diff --git a/tool/src/org/antlr/v4/codegen/Target.java b/tool/src/org/antlr/v4/codegen/Target.java
index ba782db3f..45558b79b 100644
--- a/tool/src/org/antlr/v4/codegen/Target.java
+++ b/tool/src/org/antlr/v4/codegen/Target.java
@@ -284,7 +284,8 @@ public class Target {
                     case    'f':
                     case    '\\':
                     case    'u':    // Assume unnnn
-                        sb.append('\\');    // Pass the escape through
+						sb.append('\\');    // Pass the escape through as double \\
+						sb.append('\\');    // so that Java leaves as \u0000 string not char
                         break;
                     default:
                         // Remove the escape by virtue of not adding it here