diff --git a/changelog/1030.md b/changelog/1030.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7cba021e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/1030.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Improvement of auto-escaping [#1030](https://github.com/smarty-php/smarty/pull/1030)
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diff --git a/tests/UnitTests/A_Core/AutoEscape/AutoEscapeTest.php b/tests/UnitTests/A_Core/AutoEscape/AutoEscapeTest.php
index dc921cbfb..4a4ef0662 100644
--- a/tests/UnitTests/A_Core/AutoEscape/AutoEscapeTest.php
+++ b/tests/UnitTests/A_Core/AutoEscape/AutoEscapeTest.php
@@ -96,4 +96,33 @@ public function testAutoEscapeSpecialEscape() {
         $tpl->assign('foo', 'aa bb');
         $this->assertEquals("aa%20bb", $this->smarty->fetch($tpl));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * test autoescape + escape modifier = special escape
+     */
+    public function testAutoEscapeSpecialEscape2() {
+        $tpl = $this->smarty->createTemplate('eval:{$foo|escape:\'url\'}');
+        $tpl->assign('foo', '<BR>');
+        $this->assertEquals("%3CBR%3E", $this->smarty->fetch($tpl));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * test autoescape + escape modifier = special escape
+     */
+    public function testAutoEscapeSpecialEscape3() {
+        $tpl = $this->smarty->createTemplate('eval:{$foo|escape:\'htmlall\'}');
+        $tpl->assign('foo', '<BR>');
+        $this->assertEquals("&lt;BR&gt;", $this->smarty->fetch($tpl));
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * test autoescape + escape modifier = special escape
+     */
+    public function testAutoEscapeSpecialEscape4() {
+        $tpl = $this->smarty->createTemplate('eval:{$foo|escape:\'javascript\'}');
+        $tpl->assign('foo', '<\'');
+        $this->assertEquals("<\\'", $this->smarty->fetch($tpl));
+    }
+
 }