--- a/shell/hush.c
+++ b/shell/hush.c
-@@ -6944,7 +6944,7 @@ int hush_main(int argc, char **argv)
- /* -c 'script' (no params): prevent empty $0 */
- G.global_argv--; /* points to argv[i] of 'script' */
- G.global_argv[0] = argv[0];
-- G.global_argc--;
-+ G.global_argc++;
- } /* else -c 'script' ARG0 [ARG1...]: $0 is ARG0 */
- init_sigmasks();
- parse_and_run_string(optarg);
+@@ -1853,7 +1853,7 @@ static void o_addblock_duplicate_backsla
+ while (len) {
+ o_addchr(o, *str);
+ if (*str++ == '\\'
+- && (*str != '*' && *str != '?' && *str != '[')
++// && (*str != '*' && *str != '?' && *str != '[')
+ ) {
+ o_addchr(o, '\\');
+ }
+@@ -2834,18 +2834,22 @@ static NOINLINE int expand_vars_to_list(
+ return n;
+ }
+
+-static char **expand_variables(char **argv, int or_mask)
++enum {
++ EXPVAR_FLAG_GLOB = 0x200,
++ EXPVAR_FLAG_ESCAPE_VARS = 0x100,
++ EXPVAR_FLAG_SINGLEWORD = 0x80, /* must be 0x80 */
++};
++static char **expand_variables(char **argv, unsigned or_mask)
+ {
+ int n;
+ char **list;
+ char **v;
+ o_string output = NULL_O_STRING;
+
+- if (or_mask & 0x100) {
+- output.o_escape = 1; /* protect against globbing for "$var" */
+- /* (unquoted $var will temporarily switch it off) */
+- output.o_glob = 1;
+- }
++ /* protect against globbing for "$var"? */
++ /* (unquoted $var will temporarily switch it off) */
++ output.o_escape = 1 & (or_mask / EXPVAR_FLAG_ESCAPE_VARS);
++ output.o_glob = 1 & (or_mask / EXPVAR_FLAG_GLOB);
+
+ n = 0;
+ v = argv;
+@@ -2863,13 +2867,13 @@ static char **expand_variables(char **ar
+
+ static char **expand_strvec_to_strvec(char **argv)
+ {
+- return expand_variables(argv, 0x100);
++ return expand_variables(argv, EXPVAR_FLAG_GLOB | EXPVAR_FLAG_ESCAPE_VARS);
+ }
+
+ #if ENABLE_HUSH_BASH_COMPAT
+ static char **expand_strvec_to_strvec_singleword_noglob(char **argv)
+ {
+- return expand_variables(argv, 0x80);
++ return expand_variables(argv, EXPVAR_FLAG_SINGLEWORD);
+ }
+ #endif
+
+@@ -2909,15 +2913,15 @@ static char **expand_strvec_to_strvec_si
+ #endif
+
+ /* Used for expansion of right hand of assignments */
+-/* NB: should NOT do globbing! "export v=/bin/c*; env | grep ^v=" outputs
+- * "v=/bin/c*" */
++/* NB: should NOT do globbing!
++ * "export v=/bin/c*; env | grep ^v=" outputs "v=/bin/c*" */
+ static char *expand_string_to_string(const char *str)
+ {
+ char *argv[2], **list;
+
+ argv[0] = (char*)str;
+ argv[1] = NULL;
+- list = expand_variables(argv, 0x80); /* 0x80: singleword expansion */
++ list = expand_variables(argv, EXPVAR_FLAG_ESCAPE_VARS | EXPVAR_FLAG_SINGLEWORD);
+ if (HUSH_DEBUG)
+ if (!list[0] || list[1])
+ bb_error_msg_and_die("BUG in varexp2");
+@@ -2933,7 +2937,7 @@ static char* expand_strvec_to_string(cha
+ {
+ char **list;
+
+- list = expand_variables(argv, 0x80);
++ list = expand_variables(argv, EXPVAR_FLAG_SINGLEWORD);
+ /* Convert all NULs to spaces */
+ if (list[0]) {
+ int n = 1;
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/shell/hush_test/hush-vars/var_unbackslash.right
+@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
++b1=-qwerty-t-\-"---z-*-?-
++b1=-qwerty-t-\-"---z-*-?-
++b2=-$a-\t-\\-\"-\--\z-\*-\?-
++b2=-$a-\t-\\-\"-\--\z-\*-\?-
++c=-$a-\t-\\-\"-\--\z-\*-\?-
++c=-$a-\t-\\-\"-\--\z-\*-\?-
++c=-$a-\t-\\-\"-\--\z-\*-\?-
++c=-$a-\t-\\-\"-\--\z-\*-\?-
++Done: 0
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/shell/hush_test/hush-vars/var_unbackslash.tests
+@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
++# Test for correct handling of backslashes
++a=qwerty
++
++b=-$a-\t-\\-\"-\--\z-\*-\?-
++echo b1=$b
++echo "b1=$b"
++b='-$a-\t-\\-\"-\--\z-\*-\?-'
++echo b2=$b
++echo "b2=$b"
++
++c=$b
++echo "c=$c"
++c=${b}
++echo "c=$c"
++c="$b"
++echo "c=$c"
++c="${b}"
++echo "c=$c"
++
++echo "Done: $?"