diff --git a/src/main/javacc/RepoInitGrammar.jjt b/src/main/javacc/RepoInitGrammar.jjt
index 8ece527..a6bbb73 100644
--- a/src/main/javacc/RepoInitGrammar.jjt
+++ b/src/main/javacc/RepoInitGrammar.jjt
@@ -654,17 +654,29 @@
     }
 }
 
+String quotedString() :
+{
+    Token str = null;
+}
+{
+    ( str = <QUOTED> )
+    {
+        // Remove escaping backslash for double quotes
+        return str.image.replaceAll("\\\\\"", "\"");
+    }
+}
+
 void disableServiceUserStatement(List<Operation> result) :
 {
     Token user = null;
-    Token msg = null;
+    String msg = null;
 }
 {
     <DISABLE> <SERVICE> <USER> 
     ( user = <STRING> )
-    ( <COLON> msg = <QUOTED> )
+    ( <COLON> msg = quotedString() )
     {
-        result.add(new DisableServiceUser(user.image, msg == null ? null : msg.image));
+        result.add(new DisableServiceUser(user.image, msg));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/sling/repoinit/parser/test/ParsingErrorsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/sling/repoinit/parser/test/ParsingErrorsTest.java
index ddbf056..c5c5628 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/sling/repoinit/parser/test/ParsingErrorsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/sling/repoinit/parser/test/ParsingErrorsTest.java
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
             add(new Object[] { "disable service user foo", ParseException.class });
             
             // Quoted strings in disable service user
+            add(new Object[] { "disable service user foo", ParseException.class });
             add(new Object[] { "disable service user foo missing colon and quotes", ParseException.class });
             add(new Object[] { "disable service user foo : missing quotes", ParseException.class });
             add(new Object[] { "disable service user foo \"missing colon\"", ParseException.class });
diff --git a/src/test/resources/testcases/test-61-output.txt b/src/test/resources/testcases/test-61-output.txt
index 912251c..4375388 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/testcases/test-61-output.txt
+++ b/src/test/resources/testcases/test-61-output.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-DisableServiceUser svcA : This message explains why it's disabled.  Whitespace   is  preserved.
\ No newline at end of file
+DisableServiceUser svcA : This message explains why it's disabled.  Whitespace   is  preserved.
+DisableServiceUser svcB : Testing escaped double "quote" in this string.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/resources/testcases/test-61.txt b/src/test/resources/testcases/test-61.txt
index 669fba9..72b2324 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/testcases/test-61.txt
+++ b/src/test/resources/testcases/test-61.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # Test "disable service user" statements
-disable service user svcA : "This message explains why it's disabled.  Whitespace   is  preserved."
\ No newline at end of file
+disable service user svcA : "This message explains why it's disabled.  Whitespace   is  preserved."
+disable service user svcB : "Testing escaped double \"quote\" in this string."
\ No newline at end of file