diff --git a/src/coders/BasicParser.inl b/src/coders/BasicParser.inl
index 40161e5a..cee3c89d 100644
--- a/src/coders/BasicParser.inl
+++ b/src/coders/BasicParser.inl
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ std::basic_string<CharT> BasicParser<CharT>::parseString(
                 ss << (char)parseSimpleInt(8);
                 continue;
             }
-            if (c == 'u') {
+            if (c == 'u' || c == 'x') {
                 int codepoint = parseSimpleInt(16);
                 ubyte bytes[4];
                 int size = util::encode_utf8(codepoint, bytes);
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ std::basic_string<CharT> BasicParser<CharT>::parseString(
                 case 'b': ss << '\b'; break;
                 case 't': ss << '\t'; break;
                 case 'f': ss << '\f'; break;
+                case 'v': ss << '\v'; break;
                 case '\'': ss << '\''; break;
                 case '"': ss << '"'; break;
                 case '\\': ss << '\\'; break;