diff --git a/etc/bashrc b/etc/bashrc
index 4b3234d89f73..1027d96e0393 100644
--- a/etc/bashrc
+++ b/etc/bashrc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # A nice prompt.
 PROMPT_COLOR="1;31m"
 let $UID && PROMPT_COLOR="1;32m"
-PS1="\n\[\033[$PROMPT_COLOR\][\u@\h:\w]$\[\033[0m\] "
+PS1="\n\[\033[$PROMPT_COLOR\][\u@\h:\w]\\$\[\033[0m\] "
 if test "x$TERM" == "xxterm"; then
     PS1="\033]2;\h:\u:\w\007$PS1"
 fi