diff --git a/java-bigquery-jdbc/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryDatabaseMetaData.java b/java-bigquery-jdbc/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryDatabaseMetaData.java
index 1c6834feb27d..86fa0d84cec1 100644
--- a/java-bigquery-jdbc/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryDatabaseMetaData.java
+++ b/java-bigquery-jdbc/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryDatabaseMetaData.java
@@ -5080,40 +5080,32 @@ Pattern compileSqlLikePattern(String sqlLikePattern) {
     }
     StringBuilder regex = new StringBuilder(sqlLikePattern.length() * 2);
     regex.append('^');
+    boolean escaped = false;
     for (int i = 0; i < sqlLikePattern.length(); i++) {
       char c = sqlLikePattern.charAt(i);
-      switch (c) {
-        case '%':
-          regex.append(".*");
-          break;
-        case '_':
-          regex.append('.');
-          break;
-        case '\\':
-        case '.':
-        case '[':
-        case ']':
-        case '(':
-        case ')':
-        case '{':
-        case '}':
-        case '*':
-        case '+':
-        case '?':
-        case '^':
-        case '$':
-        case '|':
-          regex.append('\\').append(c);
-          break;
-        default:
-          regex.append(c);
-          break;
+      if (!escaped && c == '\\') {
+        escaped = true;
+        continue;
+      } else if (!escaped && c == '%') {
+        regex.append(".*");
+      } else if (!escaped && c == '_') {
+        regex.append('.');
+      } else {
+        if (isRegexMetacharacter(c)) {
+          regex.append('\\');
+        }
+        regex.append(c);
+        escaped = false;
       }
     }
     regex.append('$');
     return Pattern.compile(regex.toString(), Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
   }
 
+  private static boolean isRegexMetacharacter(char c) {
+    return "\\.[]{}()*+?^$|".indexOf(c) != -1;
+  }
+
   boolean needsListing(String pattern) {
     return pattern == null || pattern.contains("%") || pattern.contains("_");
   }
diff --git a/java-bigquery-jdbc/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryDatabaseMetaDataTest.java b/java-bigquery-jdbc/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryDatabaseMetaDataTest.java
index 654cdbe0ff7c..78adda7b2dc6 100644
--- a/java-bigquery-jdbc/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryDatabaseMetaDataTest.java
+++ b/java-bigquery-jdbc/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryDatabaseMetaDataTest.java
@@ -243,6 +243,17 @@ public void testCompileSqlLikePattern() {
     assertNotNull(bracketPattern);
     assertTrue(bracketPattern.matcher("array[0]").matches());
     assertFalse(bracketPattern.matcher("array_0_").matches());
+
+    // Escaped wildcards
+    Pattern escapedUnderscore = dbMetadata.compileSqlLikePattern("test\\_table");
+    assertNotNull(escapedUnderscore);
+    assertTrue(escapedUnderscore.matcher("test_table").matches());
+    assertFalse(escapedUnderscore.matcher("test1table").matches());
+
+    Pattern escapedPercent = dbMetadata.compileSqlLikePattern("100\\%discount");
+    assertNotNull(escapedPercent);
+    assertTrue(escapedPercent.matcher("100%discount").matches());
+    assertFalse(escapedPercent.matcher("100PERCENTdiscount").matches());
   }
 
   @Test