diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/curl/curl-to-json.spec.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/curl/curl-to-json.spec.js
index c8f7d1c03..2704bd4c5 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/curl/curl-to-json.spec.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/curl/curl-to-json.spec.js
@@ -59,4 +59,20 @@ describe('curlToJson', () => {
       data: '{"email":"test@usebruno.com","password":"test"}'
     });
   });
+
+  it('should accept escaped curl string', () => {
+    const curlCommand = `curl https://www.usebruno.com
+    -H $'cookie: val_1=\'\'; val_2=\\^373:0\\^373:0; val_3=\u0068\u0065\u006C\u006C\u006F'
+    `;
+    const result = curlToJson(curlCommand);
+
+    expect(result).toEqual({
+      url: 'https://www.usebruno.com',
+      raw_url: 'https://www.usebruno.com',
+      method: 'get',
+      headers: {
+        cookie: "val_1=''; val_2=\\^373:0\\^373:0; val_3=hello"
+      }
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/curl/parse-curl.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/curl/parse-curl.js
index b7f6572f7..0ae97a1fb 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/curl/parse-curl.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/curl/parse-curl.js
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ import * as querystring from 'query-string';
 import yargs from 'yargs-parser';
 
 const parseCurlCommand = (curlCommand) => {
+  // catch escape sequences (e.g. -H $'cookie: it=\'\'')
+  curlCommand = curlCommand.replace(/\$('.*')/g, (match, group) => group);
+
   // Remove newlines (and from continuations)
   curlCommand = curlCommand.replace(/\\\r|\\\n/g, '');