diff --git a/CoffeeScript.sublime-syntax b/CoffeeScript.sublime-syntax
index 7eb2cc4..3320bba 100644
--- a/CoffeeScript.sublime-syntax
+++ b/CoffeeScript.sublime-syntax
@@ -513,11 +513,18 @@ contexts:
       pop: 1
 
   backtick-quoted-strings:
+    - match: \`{3}
+      scope: meta.string.heredoc.coffee string.quoted.script.coffee punctuation.definition.string.begin.coffee
+      embed: scope:source.jsx
+      embed_scope: meta.string.heredoc.coffee meta.embedded.coffee source.jsx.embedded.coffee
+      escape: '{{no_escape_behind}}`{3}'
+      escape_captures:
+        0: meta.string.heredoc.coffee string.quoted.script.coffee punctuation.definition.string.end.coffee
     - match: \`
       scope: meta.string.coffee string.quoted.script.coffee punctuation.definition.string.begin.coffee
       embed: scope:source.jsx
       embed_scope: meta.string.coffee meta.embedded.coffee source.jsx.embedded.coffee
-      escape: \`
+      escape: '{{no_escape_behind}}`'
       escape_captures:
         0: meta.string.coffee string.quoted.script.coffee punctuation.definition.string.end.coffee
 
@@ -764,6 +771,10 @@ variables:
 
   ascii_space: '\t\n\f '
 
+  # A lookbehind used in embed..escape patterns, to check for unescaped characters
+  # in embed...escape statements.
+  no_escape_behind: (?<![^\\]\\)(?<![\\]{3})
+
   identifier: '[a-zA-Z\$_]\w*'
 
   component_names: '[A-Z][[:alnum:]_.-]*'
diff --git a/tests/syntax_test_scope.coffee b/tests/syntax_test_scope.coffee
index ba729f1..4436649 100644
--- a/tests/syntax_test_scope.coffee
+++ b/tests/syntax_test_scope.coffee
@@ -497,6 +497,27 @@ class App.Router extends Snakeskin.Router
 # <- meta.string.heredoc.coffee string.quoted.single.coffee
 #^ meta.string.heredoc.coffee string.quoted.single.coffee
 # ^^^ meta.string.heredoc.coffee string.quoted.single.coffee punctuation.definition.string.end.coffee
+#    ^ - meta.string - string
+
+  ```
+# ^^^ meta.string.heredoc.coffee string.quoted.script.coffee punctuation.definition.string.begin.coffee
+#    ^ meta.string.heredoc.coffee meta.embedded.coffee source.jsx.embedded.coffee - string
+
+  var i = `back ${tick} string`;
+# ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ meta.string.heredoc.coffee meta.embedded.coffee source.jsx.embedded.coffee - source.jsx source.jsx
+# ^^^ keyword.declaration
+#         ^^^^^^ meta.string string.quoted.other.js
+#               ^^^^^^^ meta.string meta.interpolation.js
+#                       ^^^^^^^ meta.string string.quoted.other.js
+  return (<h1>Hello {World}</h1>)
+# ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ meta.string.heredoc.coffee meta.embedded.coffee source.jsx.embedded.coffee - source.jsx source.jsx
+#         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ meta.group.js meta.jsx.js
+#         ^^^^ meta.tag
+#                          ^^^^^ meta.tag
+  ```
+# <- meta.string.heredoc.coffee meta.embedded.coffee source.jsx.embedded.coffee - string
+#^ meta.string.heredoc.coffee meta.embedded.coffee source.jsx.embedded.coffee - string
+# ^^^ meta.string.heredoc.coffee string.quoted.script.coffee punctuation.definition.string.end.coffee
 #    ^ - meta.string - string
 
   `