diff --git a/lib/internal/test_runner/tap_stream.js b/lib/internal/test_runner/tap_stream.js
index 3abd7ed5560664..a5834ee46f2014 100644
--- a/lib/internal/test_runner/tap_stream.js
+++ b/lib/internal/test_runner/tap_stream.js
@@ -131,9 +131,15 @@ class TapStream extends Readable {
 
 // In certain places, # and \ need to be escaped as \# and \\.
 function tapEscape(input) {
-  return StringPrototypeReplaceAll(
-    StringPrototypeReplaceAll(input, '\\', '\\\\'), '#', '\\#'
-  );
+  let result = StringPrototypeReplaceAll(input, '\\', '\\\\');
+  result = StringPrototypeReplaceAll(result, '#', '\\#');
+  result = StringPrototypeReplaceAll(result, '\b', '\\b');
+  result = StringPrototypeReplaceAll(result, '\f', '\\f');
+  result = StringPrototypeReplaceAll(result, '\t', '\\t');
+  result = StringPrototypeReplaceAll(result, '\n', '\\n');
+  result = StringPrototypeReplaceAll(result, '\r', '\\r');
+  result = StringPrototypeReplaceAll(result, '\v', '\\v');
+  return result;
 }
 
 function jsToYaml(indent, name, value) {
diff --git a/test/message/test_runner_output.js b/test/message/test_runner_output.js
index 2a71cd3e16e143..47087303a715ed 100644
--- a/test/message/test_runner_output.js
+++ b/test/message/test_runner_output.js
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ test('test with a name and options provided', { skip: true });
 test({ skip: true }, function functionAndOptions() {});
 
 // A test whose description needs to be escaped.
-test('escaped description \\ # \\#\\');
+test('escaped description \\ # \\#\\ \n \t \f \v \b \r');
 
 // A test whose skip message needs to be escaped.
 test('escaped skip message', { skip: '#skip' });
diff --git a/test/message/test_runner_output.out b/test/message/test_runner_output.out
index 96d977b21c5b1a..14479c773bbc86 100644
--- a/test/message/test_runner_output.out
+++ b/test/message/test_runner_output.out
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ not ok 13 - async assertion fail
   failureType: 'testCodeFailure'
   error: |-
     Expected values to be strictly equal:
-    
+
     true !== false
-    
+
   code: 'ERR_ASSERTION'
   expected: false
   actual: true
@@ -353,8 +353,8 @@ ok 36 - functionAndOptions # SKIP
   ---
   duration_ms: *
   ...
-# Subtest: escaped description \\ \# \\\#\\
-ok 37 - escaped description \\ \# \\\#\\
+# Subtest: escaped description \\ \# \\\#\\ \n \t \f \v \b \r
+ok 37 - escaped description \\ \# \\\#\\ \n \t \f \v \b \r
   ---
   duration_ms: *
   ...