diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/genexus/LocalUtil.java b/common/src/main/java/com/genexus/LocalUtil.java
index e1bd16474..bb2986c81 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/genexus/LocalUtil.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/genexus/LocalUtil.java
@@ -1562,6 +1562,8 @@ else if (a=='.' && !dotRemove)
 			else if (a=='\\')
 			{
 				i++;
+				if (picture.charAt(i--) == '"')
+					pictureWithoutSymbols.append('"');
 			}
 		}
 		return pictureWithoutSymbols.toString();
@@ -1742,6 +1744,8 @@ else if (value.signum() == -1 && !originalPicture.startsWith("+"))
 			if (originalPicture.startsWith("\\"))
 			{
 				negativeSign = -2;
+				if (preffix.equals("\"") && originalPicture.startsWith("\\\\"))
+					negativeSign--;
 				return originalPicture.charAt(1) + addPictureSuffix(suffix, originalPicture, addPicturePreffix(preffix, originalPicture, alignRight(formatted, originalPictLength + negativeSign)));
 			}
 			return addPictureSuffix(suffix, originalPicture, addPicturePreffix(preffix, originalPicture, alignRight(formatted, originalPictLength + negativeSign)));
@@ -1897,12 +1901,9 @@ private String removePicturePreffix(String suffix, String picture)
 
         private String addPicturePreffix(String suffix, String originalPicture, String value)
         {
-                if (originalPicture.startsWith(suffix))
-                {
-                        return suffix + value;
-                }
-
-                return value;
+			if (originalPicture.startsWith(suffix) || (suffix.equals("\"") && originalPicture.startsWith("\\\\")))
+				return suffix + value;
+			return value;
         }
 
 	private String pictureToNumberFormat(String withoutSuffixPicture)
diff --git a/java/src/test/java/com/genexus/TestCommonUtil.java b/java/src/test/java/com/genexus/TestCommonUtil.java
index 949145651..8857ee67f 100644
--- a/java/src/test/java/com/genexus/TestCommonUtil.java
+++ b/java/src/test/java/com/genexus/TestCommonUtil.java
@@ -211,6 +211,13 @@ public void testFormat() {
 		result = ui.getLocalUtil().format(bigDecimalValue, picture);
 		Assert.assertEquals(expectedResult, result);
 
+		decimalValue = 87654321;
+		picture = "\\\" ZZ,ZZZ,ZZ9";
+		expectedResult = "\\\" 87,654,321";
+
+		result = ui.getLocalUtil().format(decimalValue, picture);
+		Assert.assertEquals(expectedResult, result);
+
 		double doubleValue = 123456.12;
 		doLocalUtilFormatAssert(ui, doubleValue, new BigDecimal(doubleValue), "ZZZZZZZZZZ9.ZZZZZZ", "     123456.120000");
 		doLocalUtilFormatAssert(ui, doubleValue, new BigDecimal(doubleValue), "99999999999.999999", "00000123456.120000");