diff -ru dnspython-1.16.0-orig/dns/name.py dnspython-1.16.0/dns/name.py
--- dnspython-1.16.0-orig/dns/name.py	2018-12-05 08:35:40.000000000 -0500
+++ dnspython-1.16.0/dns/name.py	2019-07-28 08:48:37.893331388 -0400
@@ -110,15 +110,23 @@
     def __init__(self):
         pass
 
+    def is_idna(self, label):
+        return label.lower().startswith(b'xn--')
+
+    def is_all_ascii(self, label):
+        for c in label:
+            if ord(c) > 0x7f:
+                return False
+        return True
+
     def encode(self, label):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     def decode(self, label):
-        # We do not apply any IDNA policy on decode; we just
-        downcased = label.lower()
-        if downcased.startswith(b'xn--'):
+        # We do not apply any IDNA policy on decode.
+        if self.is_idna(label):
             try:
-                label = downcased[4:].decode('punycode')
+                label = label[4:].decode('punycode')
             except Exception as e:
                 raise IDNAException(idna_exception=e)
         else:
@@ -195,12 +203,6 @@
         self.allow_pure_ascii = allow_pure_ascii
         self.strict_decode = strict_decode
 
-    def is_all_ascii(self, label):
-        for c in label:
-            if ord(c) > 0x7f:
-                return False
-        return True
-
     def encode(self, label):
         if label == '':
             return b''
@@ -230,6 +232,7 @@
             raise IDNAException(idna_exception=e)
 
 _escaped = bytearray(b'"().;\\@$')
+_escaped_text = u'"().;\\@$'
 
 IDNA_2003_Practical = IDNA2003Codec(False)
 IDNA_2003_Strict = IDNA2003Codec(True)
@@ -265,11 +268,12 @@
     for c in label:
         if c > u'\x20' and c < u'\x7f':
             text += c
+        if c in _escaped_text:
+            text += '\\' + c
+        elif c <= '\x20':
+            text += '\\%03d' % ord(c)
         else:
-            if c >= u'\x7f':
-                text += c
-            else:
-                text += u'\\%03d' % ord(c)
+            tect += c
     return text
 
 def _validate_labels(labels):
diff -ru dnspython-1.16.0-orig/tests/test_name.py dnspython-1.16.0/tests/test_name.py
--- dnspython-1.16.0-orig/tests/test_name.py	2018-12-01 10:48:40.000000000 -0500
+++ dnspython-1.16.0/tests/test_name.py	2019-07-28 08:52:46.831657776 -0400
@@ -255,6 +255,11 @@
         t = dns.name.root.to_unicode()
         self.assertEqual(t, '.')
 
+    def testToText12(self):
+        n = dns.name.from_text(r'a\.b.c')
+        t = n.to_unicode()
+        self.assertEqual(t, r'a\.b.c.')
+
     def testSlice1(self):
         n = dns.name.from_text(r'a.b.c.', origin=None)
         s = n[:]