3 files changed, 34 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/ex_docmd.c b/src/nvim/ex_docmd.c
index 5180420eff..801979a9cb 100644
--- a/src/nvim/ex_docmd.c
+++ b/src/nvim/ex_docmd.c
@@ -3484,8 +3484,14 @@ char_u *skip_range(
 {
   unsigned delim;
 
-  while (vim_strchr((char_u *)" \t0123456789.$%'/?-+,;", *cmd) != NULL) {
-    if (*cmd == '\'') {
+  while (vim_strchr((char_u *)" \t0123456789.$%'/?-+,;\\", *cmd) != NULL) {
+    if (*cmd == '\\') {
+      if (cmd[1] == '?' || cmd[1] == '/' || cmd[1] == '&') {
+        cmd++;
+      } else {
+        break;
+      }
+    } else if (*cmd == '\'') {
       if (*++cmd == NUL && ctx != NULL)
         *ctx = EXPAND_NOTHING;
     } else if (*cmd == '/' || *cmd == '?') {
diff --git a/src/nvim/testdir/test_cmdline.vim b/src/nvim/testdir/test_cmdline.vim
index 5fc519f822..ac44e09a5a 100644
--- a/src/nvim/testdir/test_cmdline.vim
+++ b/src/nvim/testdir/test_cmdline.vim
@@ -306,3 +306,28 @@ func Test_cmdline_complete_wildoptions()
   call assert_equal(a, b)
   bw!
 endfunc
+
+" using a leading backslash here
+set cpo+=C
+
+func Test_cmdline_search_range()
+  new
+  call setline(1, ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'])
+  /d
+  1,\/s/b/B/
+  call assert_equal('B', getline(2))
+
+  /a
+  $
+  \?,4s/c/C/
+  call assert_equal('C', getline(3))
+
+  call setline(1, ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'])
+  %s/c/c/
+  1,\&s/b/B/
+  call assert_equal('B', getline(2))
+
+  bwipe!
+endfunc
+
+set cpo&
diff --git a/src/nvim/version.c b/src/nvim/version.c
index b228b8909d..0f058c751b 100644
--- a/src/nvim/version.c
+++ b/src/nvim/version.c
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ static const int included_patches[] = {
   // 301,
   300,
   // 299,
-  // 298,
+  298,
   297,
   // 296,
   // 295,