diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e21ea9255..25c0dff66 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ src/m4/ltsugar.m4
 src/m4/ltversion.m4
 src/m4/lt~obsolete.m4
 
+src/univalue/gen
+
 src/qt/*.moc
 src/qt/moc_*.cpp
 src/qt/forms/ui_*.h
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index eda20ad29..1442c3d66 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ univalue_libbitcoin_univalue_a_SOURCES = \
   univalue/univalue.cpp \
   univalue/univalue_read.cpp \
   univalue/univalue_write.cpp \
+  univalue/univalue_escapes.h \
   univalue/univalue.h
 
 # common: shared between bitcoind, and bitcoin-qt and non-server tools
diff --git a/src/univalue/gen.cpp b/src/univalue/gen.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..881948f46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/univalue/gen.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+// Copyright 2014 BitPay Inc.
+// Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+//
+// To re-create univalue_escapes.h:
+// $ g++ -o gen gen.cpp
+// $ ./gen > univalue_escapes.h
+//
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "univalue.h"
+
+using namespace std;
+
+static bool initEscapes;
+static const char *escapes[256];
+
+static void initJsonEscape()
+{
+    escapes[(int)'"'] = "\\\"";
+    escapes[(int)'\\'] = "\\\\";
+    escapes[(int)'/'] = "\\/";
+    escapes[(int)'\b'] = "\\b";
+    escapes[(int)'\f'] = "\\f";
+    escapes[(int)'\n'] = "\\n";
+    escapes[(int)'\r'] = "\\r";
+    escapes[(int)'\t'] = "\\t";
+
+    initEscapes = true;
+}
+
+static void outputEscape()
+{
+	printf(	"// Automatically generated file. Do not modify.\n"
+		"#ifndef __UNIVALUE_ESCAPES_H__\n"
+		"#define __UNIVALUE_ESCAPES_H__\n"
+		"static const char *escapes[256] = {\n");
+
+	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
+		if (!escapes[i]) {
+			printf("\tNULL,\n");
+		} else {
+			printf("\t\"");
+
+			unsigned int si;
+			for (si = 0; si < strlen(escapes[i]); si++) {
+				char ch = escapes[i][si];
+				switch (ch) {
+				case '"':
+					printf("\\\"");
+					break;
+				case '\\':
+					printf("\\\\");
+					break;
+				default:
+					printf("%c", escapes[i][si]);
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+
+			printf("\",\n");
+		}
+	}
+
+	printf(	"};\n"
+		"#endif // __UNIVALUE_ESCAPES_H__\n");
+}
+
+int main (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	initJsonEscape();
+	outputEscape();
+	return 0;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/univalue/univalue_escapes.h b/src/univalue/univalue_escapes.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d3a70a96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/univalue/univalue_escapes.h
@@ -0,0 +1,262 @@
+// Automatically generated file. Do not modify.
+#ifndef __UNIVALUE_ESCAPES_H__
+#define __UNIVALUE_ESCAPES_H__
+static const char *escapes[256] = {
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	"\\b",
+	"\\t",
+	"\\n",
+	NULL,
+	"\\f",
+	"\\r",
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	"\\\"",
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	"\\/",
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	"\\\\",
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+	NULL,
+};
+#endif // __UNIVALUE_ESCAPES_H__
diff --git a/src/univalue/univalue_write.cpp b/src/univalue/univalue_write.cpp
index 1818f5c6f..70762a1ef 100644
--- a/src/univalue/univalue_write.cpp
+++ b/src/univalue/univalue_write.cpp
@@ -5,33 +5,14 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include "univalue.h"
+#include "univalue_escapes.h"
 
 // TODO: Using UTF8
 
 using namespace std;
 
-static bool initEscapes;
-static const char *escapes[256];
-
-static void initJsonEscape()
-{
-    escapes['"'] = "\\\"";
-    escapes['\\'] = "\\\\";
-    escapes['/'] = "\\/";
-    escapes['\b'] = "\\b";
-    escapes['\f'] = "\\f";
-    escapes['\n'] = "\\n";
-    escapes['\r'] = "\\r";
-    escapes['\t'] = "\\t";
-
-    initEscapes = true;
-}
-
 static string json_escape(const string& inS)
 {
-    if (!initEscapes)
-        initJsonEscape();
-
     string outS;
     outS.reserve(inS.size() * 2);