diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index f33f482..6574753 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ function makeSafe (method, name) {
       if (name !== undefined) {
         return getErrorMessage(error, name)
       }
-      return `"${getErrorMessage(error, name)}"`
+      return strEscape(getErrorMessage(error, name))
     }
   }
   Object.defineProperty(safeMethod, 'name', { value: `safe_${method.name}` })
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 8242f5e..c7e88c1 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -1972,3 +1972,23 @@ test('safe mode safeguards against failing toJSON and a difficult to stringify e
 
   assert.end()
 })
+
+test('safe mode escapes error messages from throwing getters', (assert) => {
+  const serializer = stringify.configure({ safe: true })
+  for (const message of ['Missing "token"', 'line\nbreak', 'path\\file', '\u0000', '\ud800']) {
+    const input = { get token () { throw new Error(message) } }
+    const expected = `Error: Stringification failed (${message})`
+    const results = [
+      serializer(input),
+      serializer(input, null, 2),
+      serializer(input, ['token'])
+    ]
+    for (const result of results) {
+      assert.equal(result, JSON.stringify(expected))
+      assert.equal(JSON.parse(/** @type {string} */ (result)), expected)
+    }
+    const replaced = serializer(input, (key, value) => value)
+    assert.same(JSON.parse(/** @type {string} */ (replaced)), { token: expected })
+  }
+  assert.end()
+})