diff --git a/lib/marked.js b/lib/marked.js
index 9ac7dba2..f5368406 100644
--- a/lib/marked.js
+++ b/lib/marked.js
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ block.token = function(src, tokens, top) {
  */
 
 var inline = {
-  escape: /^\\([\\`*{}\[\]()#+\-.!_>])/,
+  escape: /^\\([\\`*{}\[\]()#+\-.!_>|])/,
   autolink: /^<([^ >]+(@|:\/)[^ >]+)>/,
   url: noop,
   tag: /^<!--[^\0]*?-->|^<\/?\w+(?:"[^"]*"|'[^']*'|[^'">])*?>/,