diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/eql/qa/common/src/main/resources/additional_test_queries.toml b/x-pack/plugin/eql/qa/common/src/main/resources/additional_test_queries.toml
index 6647eb13ea3d..f3fb75c0996f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/eql/qa/common/src/main/resources/additional_test_queries.toml
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/eql/qa/common/src/main/resources/additional_test_queries.toml
@@ -138,15 +138,15 @@ expected_event_ids  = [98]
 notes = "regexp doesn't support character classes"
 query = '''
 //
-//                                ?".*?net1\s+localgroup.*?")
-process where match(command_line, ?".*?net1[ ]+localgroup.*?")
+//                                """.*?net1\s+localgroup.*?""")
+process where match(command_line, """.*?net1[ ]+localgroup.*?""")
 '''
 
 [[queries]]
 name = "matchLiteAdditional"
 expected_event_ids  = [98]
 query = '''
-process where matchLite(command_line, ?".*?net1.*?")
+process where matchLite(command_line, """.*?net1.*?""")
 '''
 
 [[queries]]
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ name = "matchWithCharacterClasses2"
 expected_event_ids  = [98]
 notes = "regexp doesn't support predefined character classes (like \\s)"
 query = '''
-//                                ?".*?net1\s+\w{4,15}\s+.*?"
-process where match(command_line, ?".*?net1[ ]+[a-z]{4,15}[ ]+.*?")
+//                                """.*?net1\s+\w{4,15}\s+.*?"""
+process where match(command_line, """.*?net1[ ]+[a-z]{4,15}[ ]+.*?""")
 '''
 
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/eql/qa/common/src/main/resources/test_queries.toml b/x-pack/plugin/eql/qa/common/src/main/resources/test_queries.toml
index 86c7da35654f..2004bdcb4132 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/eql/qa/common/src/main/resources/test_queries.toml
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/eql/qa/common/src/main/resources/test_queries.toml
@@ -1399,21 +1399,21 @@ registry where bytes_written_string_list[1] : "en"
 [[queries]]
 name = "matchLite1"
 query = '''
-process where matchLite(command_line, ?".*?net1\s+localgroup\s+.*?")
+process where matchLite(command_line, """.*?net1\s+localgroup\s+.*?""")
 '''
 expected_event_ids  = [98]
 
 [[queries]]
 name = "matchLite2"
 query = '''
-process where matchLite(command_line, ?".*?net1\s+\w+\s+.*?")
+process where matchLite(command_line, """.*?net1\s+\w+\s+.*?""")
 '''
 expected_event_ids  = [98]
 
 [[queries]]
 name = "matchLite3"
 query = '''
-process where matchLite(command_line, ?".*?net1\s+\w{4,15}\s+.*?")
+process where matchLite(command_line, """.*?net1\s+\w{4,15}\s+.*?""")
 '''
 expected_event_ids  = [98]
 
@@ -1421,13 +1421,13 @@ expected_event_ids  = [98]
 name = "match1"
 expected_event_ids  = [98]
 query = '''
-process where match(command_line, ?".*?net1\s+\w{4,15}\s+.*?")
+process where match(command_line, """.*?net1\s+\w{4,15}\s+.*?""")
 '''
 
 [[queries]]
 name = "matchLite4"
 query = '''
-process where matchLite(command_line, ?".*?net1\s+[localgrup]{4,15}\s+.*?")
+process where matchLite(command_line, """.*?net1\s+[localgrup]{4,15}\s+.*?""")
 '''
 expected_event_ids  = [98]
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/eql/qa/common/src/main/resources/test_queries_unsupported.toml b/x-pack/plugin/eql/qa/common/src/main/resources/test_queries_unsupported.toml
index 012d424a1401..f63b8dea1540 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/eql/qa/common/src/main/resources/test_queries_unsupported.toml
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/eql/qa/common/src/main/resources/test_queries_unsupported.toml
@@ -797,21 +797,21 @@ registry where bytes_written_string_list[1] : "en"
 [[queries]]
 name = "matchLite1"
 query = '''
-process where matchLite(command_line, ?".*?net1\s+localgroup\s+.*?")
+process where matchLite(command_line, """.*?net1\s+localgroup\s+.*?""")
 '''
 expected_event_ids  = [98]
 
 [[queries]]
 name = "matchLite2"
 query = '''
-process where matchLite(command_line, ?".*?net1\s+\w+\s+.*?")
+process where matchLite(command_line, """.*?net1\s+\w+\s+.*?""")
 '''
 expected_event_ids  = [98]
 
 [[queries]]
 name = "matchLite3"
 query = '''
-process where matchLite(command_line, ?".*?net1\s+\w{4,15}\s+.*?")
+process where matchLite(command_line, """.*?net1\s+\w{4,15}\s+.*?""")
 '''
 expected_event_ids  = [98]
 
@@ -819,13 +819,13 @@ expected_event_ids  = [98]
 name = "match1"
 expected_event_ids  = [98]
 query = '''
-process where match(command_line, ?".*?net1\s+\w{4,15}\s+.*?")
+process where match(command_line, """.*?net1\s+\w{4,15}\s+.*?""")
 '''
 
 [[queries]]
 name = "matchLite4"
 query = '''
-process where matchLite(command_line, ?".*?net1\s+[localgrup]{4,15}\s+.*?")
+process where matchLite(command_line, """.*?net1\s+[localgrup]{4,15}\s+.*?""")
 '''
 expected_event_ids  = [98]
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/eql/src/main/antlr/EqlBase.g4 b/x-pack/plugin/eql/src/main/antlr/EqlBase.g4
index 5c6d59cbb1fd..7f3f92c1b9a3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/eql/src/main/antlr/EqlBase.g4
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/eql/src/main/antlr/EqlBase.g4
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ STRING
     | '"'   ('\\' [btnfr"'\\] | ~[\r\n"\\])* '"'
     | '?"'  ('\\"' |~["\r\n])* '"'
     | '?\'' ('\\\'' |~['\r\n])* '\''
+    | '"""' (~[\r\n])*? '"""' '"'? '"'?
     ;
 
 INTEGER_VALUE
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/eql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/eql/parser/AbstractBuilder.java b/x-pack/plugin/eql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/eql/parser/AbstractBuilder.java
index 56d687584d16..c8adc2d97a2a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/eql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/eql/parser/AbstractBuilder.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/eql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/eql/parser/AbstractBuilder.java
@@ -122,10 +122,15 @@ abstract class AbstractBuilder extends EqlBaseBaseVisitor<Object> {
             return null;
         }
 
-        // unescaped strings can be interpreted directly
+        // catch old method of ?" and ?' to define unescaped strings
         if (text.startsWith("?")) {
-            checkForSingleQuotedString(source, text, 1);
-            return text.substring(2, text.length() - 1);
+            throw new ParsingException(source,
+                "Use triple double quotes [\"\"\"] to define unescaped string literals, not [?{}]", text.charAt(1));
+        }
+
+        // unescaped strings can be interpreted directly
+        if (text.startsWith("\"\"\"")) {
+            return text.substring(3, text.length() - 3);
         }
 
         checkForSingleQuotedString(source, text, 0);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/eql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/eql/parser/EqlBaseLexer.java b/x-pack/plugin/eql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/eql/parser/EqlBaseLexer.java
index 98041c687169..943c1e521760 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/eql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/eql/parser/EqlBaseLexer.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/eql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/eql/parser/EqlBaseLexer.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class EqlBaseLexer extends Lexer {
   public ATN getATN() { return _ATN; }
 
   public static final String _serializedATN =
-    "\3\u0430\ud6d1\u8206\uad2d\u4417\uaef1\u8d80\uaadd\2.\u0186\b\1\4\2\t"+
+    "\3\u0430\ud6d1\u8206\uad2d\u4417\uaef1\u8d80\uaadd\2.\u019a\b\1\4\2\t"+
     "\2\4\3\t\3\4\4\t\4\4\5\t\5\4\6\t\6\4\7\t\7\4\b\t\b\4\t\t\t\4\n\t\n\4\13"+
     "\t\13\4\f\t\f\4\r\t\r\4\16\t\16\4\17\t\17\4\20\t\20\4\21\t\21\4\22\t\22"+
     "\4\23\t\23\4\24\t\24\4\25\t\25\4\26\t\26\4\27\t\27\4\30\t\30\4\31\t\31"+
@@ -124,124 +124,133 @@ class EqlBaseLexer extends Lexer {
     "\'\3\'\7\'\u00ec\n\'\f\'\16\'\u00ef\13\'\3\'\3\'\3\'\3\'\3\'\7\'\u00f6"+
     "\n\'\f\'\16\'\u00f9\13\'\3\'\3\'\3\'\3\'\3\'\3\'\3\'\7\'\u0102\n\'\f\'"+
     "\16\'\u0105\13\'\3\'\3\'\3\'\3\'\3\'\3\'\3\'\7\'\u010e\n\'\f\'\16\'\u0111"+
-    "\13\'\3\'\5\'\u0114\n\'\3(\6(\u0117\n(\r(\16(\u0118\3)\6)\u011c\n)\r)"+
-    "\16)\u011d\3)\3)\7)\u0122\n)\f)\16)\u0125\13)\3)\3)\6)\u0129\n)\r)\16"+
-    ")\u012a\3)\6)\u012e\n)\r)\16)\u012f\3)\3)\7)\u0134\n)\f)\16)\u0137\13"+
-    ")\5)\u0139\n)\3)\3)\3)\3)\6)\u013f\n)\r)\16)\u0140\3)\3)\5)\u0145\n)\3"+
-    "*\3*\5*\u0149\n*\3*\3*\3*\7*\u014e\n*\f*\16*\u0151\13*\3+\3+\5+\u0155"+
-    "\n+\3+\6+\u0158\n+\r+\16+\u0159\3,\3,\3-\3-\3.\3.\3.\3.\7.\u0164\n.\f"+
-    ".\16.\u0167\13.\3.\5.\u016a\n.\3.\5.\u016d\n.\3.\3.\3/\3/\3/\3/\3/\7/"+
-    "\u0176\n/\f/\16/\u0179\13/\3/\3/\3/\3/\3/\3\60\6\60\u0181\n\60\r\60\16"+
-    "\60\u0182\3\60\3\60\3\u0177\2\61\3\3\5\4\7\5\t\6\13\7\r\b\17\t\21\n\23"+
-    "\13\25\f\27\r\31\16\33\17\35\20\37\21!\22#\23%\24\'\25)\26+\27-\30/\31"+
-    "\61\32\63\33\65\34\67\359\36;\37= ?!A\"C#E$G%I&K\'M(O)Q*S+U\2W\2Y\2[,"+
-    "]-_.\3\2\17\3\2bb\n\2$$))^^ddhhppttvv\6\2\f\f\17\17))^^\6\2\f\f\17\17"+
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+    "\u012a\3\2\2\2\u012c\u012d\3\2\2\2\u012dP\3\2\2\2\u012e\u0130\5W,\2\u012f"+
+    "\u012e\3\2\2\2\u0130\u0131\3\2\2\2\u0131\u012f\3\2\2\2\u0131\u0132\3\2"+
+    "\2\2\u0132\u0133\3\2\2\2\u0133\u0137\5=\37\2\u0134\u0136\5W,\2\u0135\u0134"+
+    "\3\2\2\2\u0136\u0139\3\2\2\2\u0137\u0135\3\2\2\2\u0137\u0138\3\2\2\2\u0138"+
+    "\u0159\3\2\2\2\u0139\u0137\3\2\2\2\u013a\u013c\5=\37\2\u013b\u013d\5W"+
+    ",\2\u013c\u013b\3\2\2\2\u013d\u013e\3\2\2\2\u013e\u013c\3\2\2\2\u013e"+
+    "\u013f\3\2\2\2\u013f\u0159\3\2\2\2\u0140\u0142\5W,\2\u0141\u0140\3\2\2"+
+    "\2\u0142\u0143\3\2\2\2\u0143\u0141\3\2\2\2\u0143\u0144\3\2\2\2\u0144\u014c"+
+    "\3\2\2\2\u0145\u0149\5=\37\2\u0146\u0148\5W,\2\u0147\u0146\3\2\2\2\u0148"+
+    "\u014b\3\2\2\2\u0149\u0147\3\2\2\2\u0149\u014a\3\2\2\2\u014a\u014d\3\2"+
+    "\2\2\u014b\u0149\3\2\2\2\u014c\u0145\3\2\2\2\u014c\u014d\3\2\2\2\u014d"+
+    "\u014e\3\2\2\2\u014e\u014f\5U+\2\u014f\u0159\3\2\2\2\u0150\u0152\5=\37"+
+    "\2\u0151\u0153\5W,\2\u0152\u0151\3\2\2\2\u0153\u0154\3\2\2\2\u0154\u0152"+
+    "\3\2\2\2\u0154\u0155\3\2\2\2\u0155\u0156\3\2\2\2\u0156\u0157\5U+\2\u0157"+
+    "\u0159\3\2\2\2\u0158\u012f\3\2\2\2\u0158\u013a\3\2\2\2\u0158\u0141\3\2"+
+    "\2\2\u0158\u0150\3\2\2\2\u0159R\3\2\2\2\u015a\u015d\5Y-\2\u015b\u015d"+
+    "\t\t\2\2\u015c\u015a\3\2\2\2\u015c\u015b\3\2\2\2\u015d\u0163\3\2\2\2\u015e"+
+    "\u0162\5Y-\2\u015f\u0162\5W,\2\u0160\u0162\7a\2\2\u0161\u015e\3\2\2\2"+
+    "\u0161\u015f\3\2\2\2\u0161\u0160\3\2\2\2\u0162\u0165\3\2\2\2\u0163\u0161"+
+    "\3\2\2\2\u0163\u0164\3\2\2\2\u0164T\3\2\2\2\u0165\u0163\3\2\2\2\u0166"+
+    "\u0168\t\n\2\2\u0167\u0169\t\13\2\2\u0168\u0167\3\2\2\2\u0168\u0169\3"+
+    "\2\2\2\u0169\u016b\3\2\2\2\u016a\u016c\5W,\2\u016b\u016a\3\2\2\2\u016c"+
+    "\u016d\3\2\2\2\u016d\u016b\3\2\2\2\u016d\u016e\3\2\2\2\u016eV\3\2\2\2"+
+    "\u016f\u0170\t\f\2\2\u0170X\3\2\2\2\u0171\u0172\t\r\2\2\u0172Z\3\2\2\2"+
+    "\u0173\u0174\7\61\2\2\u0174\u0175\7\61\2\2\u0175\u0179\3\2\2\2\u0176\u0178"+
+    "\n\b\2\2\u0177\u0176\3\2\2\2\u0178\u017b\3\2\2\2\u0179\u0177\3\2\2\2\u0179"+
+    "\u017a\3\2\2\2\u017a\u017d\3\2\2\2\u017b\u0179\3\2\2\2\u017c\u017e\7\17"+
+    "\2\2\u017d\u017c\3\2\2\2\u017d\u017e\3\2\2\2\u017e\u0180\3\2\2\2\u017f"+
+    "\u0181\7\f\2\2\u0180\u017f\3\2\2\2\u0180\u0181\3\2\2\2\u0181\u0182\3\2"+
+    "\2\2\u0182\u0183\b.\2\2\u0183\\\3\2\2\2\u0184\u0185\7\61\2\2\u0185\u0186"+
+    "\7,\2\2\u0186\u018b\3\2\2\2\u0187\u018a\5]/\2\u0188\u018a\13\2\2\2\u0189"+
+    "\u0187\3\2\2\2\u0189\u0188\3\2\2\2\u018a\u018d\3\2\2\2\u018b\u018c\3\2"+
+    "\2\2\u018b\u0189\3\2\2\2\u018c\u018e\3\2\2\2\u018d\u018b\3\2\2\2\u018e"+
+    "\u018f\7,\2\2\u018f\u0190\7\61\2\2\u0190\u0191\3\2\2\2\u0191\u0192\b/"+
+    "\2\2\u0192^\3\2\2\2\u0193\u0195\t\16\2\2\u0194\u0193\3\2\2\2\u0195\u0196"+
+    "\3\2\2\2\u0196\u0194\3\2\2\2\u0196\u0197\3\2\2\2\u0197\u0198\3\2\2\2\u0198"+
+    "\u0199\b\60\2\2\u0199`\3\2\2\2%\2\u00e0\u00e2\u00eb\u00ed\u00f5\u00f7"+
+    "\u0101\u0103\u010d\u010f\u011a\u0122\u0125\u0127\u012c\u0131\u0137\u013e"+
+    "\u0143\u0149\u014c\u0154\u0158\u015c\u0161\u0163\u0168\u016d\u0179\u017d"+
+    "\u0180\u0189\u018b\u0196\3\2\3\2";
   public static final ATN _ATN =
     new ATNDeserializer().deserialize(_serializedATN.toCharArray());
   static {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/eql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/eql/parser/ExpressionTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/eql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/eql/parser/ExpressionTests.java
index 5233daa57a8e..0fae824a65db 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/eql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/eql/parser/ExpressionTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/eql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/eql/parser/ExpressionTests.java
@@ -66,14 +66,24 @@ public class ExpressionTests extends ESTestCase {
         assertEquals("hello\\\nworld", unquoteString(source("\"hello\\\\\\nworld\"")));
         assertEquals("hello\\\"world", unquoteString(source("\"hello\\\\\\\"world\"")));
 
-        // test for unescaped strings: ?"...."
-        assertEquals("hello\"world", unquoteString(source("?\"hello\"world\"")));
-        assertEquals("hello\\\"world", unquoteString(source("?\"hello\\\"world\"")));
-        assertEquals("hello'world", unquoteString(source("?\"hello'world\"")));
-        assertEquals("hello\\nworld", unquoteString(source("?\"hello\\nworld\"")));
-        assertEquals("hello\\\\nworld", unquoteString(source("?\"hello\\\\nworld\"")));
-        assertEquals("hello\\\\\\nworld", unquoteString(source("?\"hello\\\\\\nworld\"")));
-        assertEquals("hello\\\\\\\"world", unquoteString(source("?\"hello\\\\\\\"world\"")));
+        // test for unescaped strings: """...."""
+        assertEquals("hello\"world", unquoteString(source("\"\"\"hello\"world\"\"\"")));
+        assertEquals("hello\\\"world", unquoteString(source("\"\"\"hello\\\"world\"\"\"")));
+        assertEquals("\"\"hello\"\\\"world\"\"\"", unquoteString(source("\"\"\"\"\"hello\"\\\"world\"\"\"\"\"\"")));
+        assertEquals("hello'world", unquoteString(source("\"\"\"hello'world\"\"\"")));
+        assertEquals("hello'world", unquoteString(source("\"\"\"hello\'world\"\"\"")));
+        assertEquals("hello\\'world", unquoteString(source("\"\"\"hello\\\'world\"\"\"")));
+        assertEquals("hello\\nworld", unquoteString(source("\"\"\"hello\\nworld\"\"\"")));
+        assertEquals("hello\\\\nworld", unquoteString(source("\"\"\"hello\\\\nworld\"\"\"")));
+        assertEquals("hello\\\\\\nworld", unquoteString(source("\"\"\"hello\\\\\\nworld\"\"\"")));
+        assertEquals("hello\\\\\\\"world", unquoteString(source("\"\"\"hello\\\\\\\"world\"\"\"")));
+        assertEquals("\"\\\"", unquoteString(source("\"\"\"\"\\\"\"\"\"")));
+        assertEquals("\\\"\"\"", unquoteString(source("\"\"\"\\\"\"\"\"\"\"")));
+        assertEquals("\"\\\"\"", unquoteString(source("\"\"\"\"\\\"\"\"\"\"")));
+        assertEquals("\"\"\\\"", unquoteString(source("\"\"\"\"\"\\\"\"\"\"")));
+        assertEquals("\"\"", unquoteString(source("\"\"\"\"\"\"\"\"")));
+        assertEquals("\"\" \"\"", unquoteString(source("\"\"\"\"\" \"\"\"\"\"")));
+        assertEquals("", unquoteString(source("\"\"\"\"\"\"")));
     }
 
     public void testLiterals() {
@@ -100,18 +110,80 @@ public class ExpressionTests extends ESTestCase {
 
     public void testSingleQuotedUnescapedStringDisallowed() {
         ParsingException e = expectThrows(ParsingException.class, () -> expr("?'hello world'"));
-        assertEquals("line 1:2: Use double quotes [\"] to define string literals, not single quotes [']",
+        assertEquals("line 1:2: Use triple double quotes [\"\"\"] to define unescaped string literals, not [?']",
                 e.getMessage());
-        e = expectThrows(ParsingException.class, () -> parser.createStatement("process where name==?'hello world'"));
-        assertEquals("line 1:22: Use double quotes [\"] to define string literals, not single quotes [']",
+        e = expectThrows(ParsingException.class, () -> parser.createStatement("process where name == ?'hello world'"));
+        assertEquals("line 1:24: Use triple double quotes [\"\"\"] to define unescaped string literals, not [?']",
                 e.getMessage());
     }
 
-    public void testDoubleQuotedUnescapedString() {
-        // "hello \" world"
-        Expression parsed = expr("?\"hello \\\" world!\"");
-        Expression expected = new Literal(null, "hello \\\" world!", DataTypes.KEYWORD);
-        assertEquals(expected, parsed);
+    public void testDoubleQuotedUnescapedStringForbidden() {
+        ParsingException e = expectThrows(ParsingException.class, () -> expr("?\"hello world\""));
+        assertEquals("line 1:2: Use triple double quotes [\"\"\"] to define unescaped string literals, not [?\"]",
+                e.getMessage());
+        e = expectThrows(ParsingException.class, () -> parser.createStatement("process where name == ?\"hello world\""));
+        assertEquals("line 1:24: Use triple double quotes [\"\"\"] to define unescaped string literals, not [?\"]",
+                e.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    public void testTripleDoubleQuotedUnescapedString() {
+        // """hello world!"""" == """foobar""" => hello world! = foobar
+        String str = "\"\"\"hello world!\"\"\" == \"\"\"foobar\"\"\"";
+        String expectedStrLeft = "hello world!";
+        String expectedStrRight = "foobar";
+        Expression parsed = expr(str);
+        assertEquals(Equals.class, parsed.getClass());
+        Equals eq = (Equals) parsed;
+        assertEquals(Literal.class, eq.left().getClass());
+        assertEquals(expectedStrLeft, ((Literal) eq.left()).value());
+        assertEquals(Literal.class, eq.right().getClass());
+        assertEquals(expectedStrRight, ((Literal) eq.right()).value());
+
+        // """""hello""world!"""" == """"foo"bar""""" => ""hello""world!" = "foo""bar""
+        str = " \"\"\"\"\"hello\"\"world!\"\"\"\" == \"\"\"\"foo\"bar\"\"\"\"\" ";
+        expectedStrLeft = "\"\"hello\"\"world!\"";
+        expectedStrRight = "\"foo\"bar\"\"";
+        parsed = expr(str);
+        assertEquals(Equals.class, parsed.getClass());
+        eq = (Equals) parsed;
+        assertEquals(Literal.class, eq.left().getClass());
+        assertEquals(expectedStrLeft, ((Literal) eq.left()).value());
+        assertEquals(Literal.class, eq.right().getClass());
+        assertEquals(expectedStrRight, ((Literal) eq.right()).value());
+
+        // """""\""hello\\""\""world!\\""""" == """\\""\""foo""\\""\"bar""\\""\"""" =>
+        // ""\""hello\\""\""world!\\"" == \\""\""foo""\\""\"bar""\\""\"
+        str = " \"\"\"\"\"\\\"\"hello\\\\\"\"\\\"\"world!\\\\\"\"\"\"\"  ==  " +
+                " \"\"\"\\\\\"\"\\\"\"foo\"\"\\\\\"\"\\\"bar\"\"\\\\\"\"\\\"\"\"\"  ";
+        expectedStrLeft = "\"\"\\\"\"hello\\\\\"\"\\\"\"world!\\\\\"\"";
+        expectedStrRight = "\\\\\"\"\\\"\"foo\"\"\\\\\"\"\\\"bar\"\"\\\\\"\"\\\"";
+        parsed = expr(str);
+        assertEquals(Equals.class, parsed.getClass());
+        eq = (Equals) parsed;
+        assertEquals(Literal.class, eq.left().getClass());
+        assertEquals(expectedStrLeft, ((Literal) eq.left()).value());
+        assertEquals(Literal.class, eq.right().getClass());
+        assertEquals(expectedStrRight, ((Literal) eq.right()).value());
+
+        // """"""hello world!""" == """foobar"""
+        ParsingException e = expectThrows(ParsingException.class, "Expected syntax error",
+                () -> expr("\"\"\"\"\"\"hello world!\"\"\" == \"\"\"foobar\"\"\""));
+        assertThat(e.getMessage(), startsWith("line 1:7: mismatched input 'hello' expecting {<EOF>,"));
+
+        // """""\"hello world!"""""" == """foobar"""
+        e = expectThrows(ParsingException.class, "Expected syntax error",
+                () -> expr("\"\"\"\"\"\\\"hello world!\"\"\"\"\"\" == \"\"\"foobar\"\"\""));
+        assertThat(e.getMessage(), startsWith("line 1:25: mismatched input '\" == \"' expecting {<EOF>,"));
+
+        // """""\"hello world!""\"""" == """"""foobar"""
+        e = expectThrows(ParsingException.class, "Expected syntax error",
+                () -> expr("\"\"\"\"\"\\\"hello world!\"\"\\\"\"\"\" == \"\"\"\"\"\"foobar\"\"\""));
+        assertThat(e.getMessage(), startsWith("line 1:37: mismatched input 'foobar' expecting {<EOF>,"));
+
+        // """""\"hello world!""\"""" == """""\"foobar\"\""""""
+        e = expectThrows(ParsingException.class, "Expected syntax error",
+                () -> expr("\"\"\"\"\"\\\"hello world!\"\"\\\"\"\"\" == \"\"\"\"\"\\\"foobar\\\"\\\"\"\"\"\"\""));
+        assertEquals("line 1:52: token recognition error at: '\"'", e.getMessage());
     }
 
     public void testNumbers() {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/eql/src/test/resources/queries-supported.eql b/x-pack/plugin/eql/src/test/resources/queries-supported.eql
index b0d277d877fa..ebe30049c08f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/eql/src/test/resources/queries-supported.eql
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/eql/src/test/resources/queries-supported.eql
@@ -178,19 +178,19 @@ process where command_line : "*%*%*" ;
 process where command_line : "%*%*" ;
 
 
-process where match(?".*?net1\s+localgroup\s+.*?", command_line)
+process where match(""".*?net1\s+localgroup\s+.*?""", command_line)
 ;
 
-process where match(?".*?net1\s+\w+\s+.*?", command_line)
+process where match(""".*?net1\s+\w+\s+.*?""", command_line)
 ;
 
-process where match(?".*?net1\s+\w{4,15}\s+.*?", command_line)
+process where match(""".*?net1\s+\w{4,15}\s+.*?""", command_line)
 ;
 
-process where match(?".*?net1\s+\w{4,15}\s+.*?", command_line)
+process where match(""".*?net1\s+\w{4,15}\s+.*?""", command_line)
 ;
 
-process where match(?".*?net1\s+[localgrup]{4,15}\s+.*?", command_line)
+process where match(""".*?net1\s+[localgrup]{4,15}\s+.*?""", command_line)
 ;
 
 file where opcode:0 and startsWith(file_name, "exploRER.")