diff --git a/compat.py b/compat.py
index 7338c479fbc..e1bc0ed6736 100644
--- a/compat.py
+++ b/compat.py
@@ -14,6 +14,17 @@ if sys.version_info < (3,):
         return x
     def iteritems(d):
         return d.iteritems()
+    def escape_string(s):
+        if isinstance(s, unicode):
+            s = s.encode('ascii')
+        result = ''
+        for c in s:
+            if not (32 <= ord(c) < 127) or c in ('\\', '"'):
+                result += '\\%03o' % ord(c)
+            else:
+                result += c
+        return result
+
 else:
     def isbasestring(s):
         return isinstance(s, (str, bytes))
@@ -29,3 +40,21 @@ else:
         return codecs.utf_8_encode(x)[0]
     def iteritems(d):
         return iter(d.items())
+    def charcode_to_c_escapes(c):
+        rev_result = []
+        while c >= 256:
+            c, low = (c // 256, c % 256)
+            rev_result.append('\\%03o' % low)
+        rev_result.append('\\%03o' % c)
+        return ''.join(reversed(rev_result))
+    def escape_string(s):
+        result = ''
+        if isinstance(s, str):
+            s = s.encode('utf-8')
+        for c in s:
+            if not(32 <= c < 127) or c in (ord('\\'), ord('"')):
+                result += charcode_to_c_escapes(c)
+            else:
+                result += chr(c)
+        return result
+
diff --git a/editor/SCsub b/editor/SCsub
index 11cdb471a8f..e44b4e4bb24 100644
--- a/editor/SCsub
+++ b/editor/SCsub
@@ -4,18 +4,8 @@ Import('env')
 env.editor_sources = []
 
 import os
-from compat import encode_utf8, byte_to_str, open_utf8
+from compat import encode_utf8, byte_to_str, open_utf8, escape_string
 
-def escape_string(s, encoding='ascii'):
-    if isinstance(s, unicode):
-        s = s.encode(encoding)
-    result = ''
-    for c in s:
-        if not (32 <= ord(c) < 127) or c in ('\\', '"'):
-            result += '\\%03o' % ord(c)
-        else:
-            result += c
-    return result
 
 def make_certs_header(target, source, env):
 
diff --git a/modules/mono/mono_reg_utils.py b/modules/mono/mono_reg_utils.py
index 6f1620ff49d..e9988625f52 100644
--- a/modules/mono/mono_reg_utils.py
+++ b/modules/mono/mono_reg_utils.py
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import os
 
 if os.name == 'nt':
-    import _winreg as winreg
+    import sys
+    if sys.version_info < (3,):
+        import _winreg as winreg
+    else:
+        import winreg
 
 
 def _reg_open_key(key, subkey):