diff --git a/man/rgbasm.5 b/man/rgbasm.5
index 24ee103e..e466a4f2 100644
--- a/man/rgbasm.5
+++ b/man/rgbasm.5
@@ -414,12 +414,21 @@ There are a number of escape sequences you can use within a string:
 .Pp
 Multi-line strings are contained in triple quotes
 .Pq Ql \&"\&"\&"for instance\&"\&"\&" .
-Escape sequences work the same way in multi-line strings; however, literal newline
-characters will be included as-is, without needing to escape them with
+Escape sequences work the same way in multi-line strings; however, literal newline characters will be included as-is, without needing to escape them with
 .Ql \er
 or
 .Ql \en .
 .Pp
+Raw strings are prefixed by a hash
+.Sq # .
+Inside them, backslashes and braces are treated like regular characters, so they will not be expanded as macro arguments, interpolated symbols, or escape sequences.
+For example, the raw string
+.Ql #"\t\1{s}\"
+is equivalent to the regular string
+.Ql "\\t\\1\{s}\\" .
+(Note that this prevents raw strings from including the double quote character.)
+Raw strings also may be contained in triple quotes for them to be multi-line, so they can include literal newline or quote characters (although still not three quotes in a row).
+.Pp
 The following functions operate on string expressions.
 Most of them return a string, however some of these functions actually return an integer and can be used as part of an integer expression!
 .Bl -column "STRSUB(str, pos, len)"
diff --git a/src/asm/lexer.cpp b/src/asm/lexer.cpp
index d4ad4010..5342afc4 100644
--- a/src/asm/lexer.cpp
+++ b/src/asm/lexer.cpp
@@ -1459,7 +1459,7 @@ static size_t appendEscapedSubstring(char const *str, size_t i)
 	return i;
 }
 
-static void readString(void)
+static void readString(bool raw)
 {
 	lexerState->disableMacroArgs = true;
 	lexerState->disableInterpolation = true;
@@ -1517,6 +1517,8 @@ static void readString(void)
 			goto finish;
 
 		case '\\': // Character escape or macro arg
+			if (raw)
+				break;
 			c = peek();
 			switch (c) {
 			case '\\':
@@ -1581,6 +1583,8 @@ static void readString(void)
 			break;
 
 		case '{': // Symbol interpolation
+			if (raw)
+				break;
 			// We'll be exiting the string scope, so re-enable expansions
 			// (Not interpolations, since they're handled by the function itself...)
 			lexerState->disableMacroArgs = false;
@@ -1609,7 +1613,7 @@ finish:
 	lexerState->disableInterpolation = false;
 }
 
-static size_t appendStringLiteral(size_t i)
+static size_t appendStringLiteral(size_t i, bool raw)
 {
 	lexerState->disableMacroArgs = true;
 	lexerState->disableInterpolation = true;
@@ -1670,6 +1674,8 @@ static size_t appendStringLiteral(size_t i)
 			goto finish;
 
 		case '\\': // Character escape or macro arg
+			if (raw)
+				break;
 			c = peek();
 			switch (c) {
 			// Character escape
@@ -1725,6 +1731,8 @@ static size_t appendStringLiteral(size_t i)
 			break;
 
 		case '{': // Symbol interpolation
+			if (raw)
+				break;
 			// We'll be exiting the string scope, so re-enable expansions
 			// (Not interpolations, since they're handled by the function itself...)
 			lexerState->disableMacroArgs = false;
@@ -1979,7 +1987,7 @@ static int yylex_NORMAL(void)
 		// Handle strings
 
 		case '"':
-			readString();
+			readString(false);
 			return T_STRING;
 
 		// Handle newlines and EOF
@@ -2001,6 +2009,16 @@ static int yylex_NORMAL(void)
 			readLineContinuation();
 			break;
 
+		// Handle raw strings... or fall through if '#' is not followed by '"'
+
+		case '#':
+			if (peek() == '"') {
+				shiftChar();
+				readString(true);
+				return T_STRING;
+			}
+			// fallthrough
+
 		// Handle identifiers... or report garbage characters
 
 		default:
@@ -2079,7 +2097,16 @@ static int yylex_RAW(void)
 		switch (c) {
 		case '"': // String literals inside macro args
 			shiftChar();
-			i = appendStringLiteral(i);
+			i = appendStringLiteral(i, false);
+			break;
+
+		case '#': // Raw string literals inside macro args
+			append_yylval_string(c);
+			shiftChar();
+			if (peek() == '"') {
+				shiftChar();
+				i = appendStringLiteral(i, true);
+			}
 			break;
 
 		case ';': // Comments inside macro args
diff --git a/test/asm/raw-strings.asm b/test/asm/raw-strings.asm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ee6df72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/asm/raw-strings.asm
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+DEF q EQUS "\""
+
+	assert !strcmp( \
+		#"\t\1{s}\", \
+		"\\t\\1\{s}\\" )
+	assert !strcmp( \
+		#"\a,\b,\1,\2", \
+		"\\a,\\b,\\1,\\2" )
+	assert !strcmp( \
+		#"""new
+line""", \
+		"new\nline" )
+	assert !strcmp( \
+		#"""new\nline""", \
+		"""new\\nline""" )
+	assert !strcmp( \
+		#"/\w+(\+\w+)?@[a-z]+\.[a-z]{2,3}/i", \
+		"/\\w+(\\+\\w+)?@[a-z]+\\.[a-z]\{2,3}/i" )
+	assert !strcmp( \
+		#{q}{q}{q}rs", \
+		{q}\{q}\{q}rs" )
+	assert !strcmp( \
+		#"", \
+		"" )
+	assert !strcmp( \
+		#"""""", \
+		"""""" )
+
+MACRO test
+	REDEF raw EQUS \1
+	REDEF plain EQUS \2
+	assert !strcmp("{raw}", "{plain}")
+ENDM
+
+	; test lexing string literals within macro args
+	test \
+		#"\t\1{s}\", \
+		"\\t\\1\{s}\\"
+	test \
+		#"\a,\b,\1,\2", \
+		"\\a,\\b,\\1,\\2"
+	test \
+		#"""new,
+line""", \
+		"new,\nline"
+	test \
+		#"""new,\nline""", \
+		"""new,\\nline"""
+	test \
+		#"/\w+(\+\w+)?@[a-z]+\.[a-z]{2,3}/i", \
+		"/\\w+(\\+\\w+)?@[a-z]+\\.[a-z]\{2,3}/i"
+	test \
+		#{q}{q}{q}rs", \
+		{q}\{q}\{q}rs"
+	test \
+		#"", \
+		""
+	test \
+		#"""""", \
+		""""""
+
+MACRO echo
+	println "\#"
+ENDM
+
+DEF s EQUS "foo"
+	echo \
+		# "{s}", \
+		#"{s}", \ ; raw!
+		#raw"{s}", \
+		#/*comment*/"{s}"
+	echo \
+		# """{s}""", \
+		#"""{s}""", \ ; raw!
+		#raw"""{s}""", \
+		#/*comment*/"""{s}"""
diff --git a/test/asm/raw-strings.err b/test/asm/raw-strings.err
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/test/asm/raw-strings.out b/test/asm/raw-strings.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bfda1431
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/asm/raw-strings.out
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# "foo",#"{s}",#raw"foo",#"foo"
+# """foo""",#"""{s}""",#raw"""foo""",#"""foo"""