diff --git a/.changelog/85710a9264524662becdc7e52e71e241.md b/.changelog/85710a9264524662becdc7e52e71e241.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85d1f8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/85710a9264524662becdc7e52e71e241.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+type: minor
+---
+Add validation to TXT records to check for double escaped semi-colons
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/octodns/record/chunked.py b/octodns/record/chunked.py
index a07acfd..433163a 100644
--- a/octodns/record/chunked.py
+++ b/octodns/record/chunked.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class _ChunkedValuesMixin(ValuesMixin):
 
 class _ChunkedValue(str):
     _unescaped_semicolon_re = re.compile(r'\w;')
+    _double_escaped_semicolon_re = re.compile(r'\\\\;')
 
     @classmethod
     def parse_rdata_text(cls, value):
@@ -62,6 +63,8 @@ class _ChunkedValue(str):
         for value in data:
             if cls._unescaped_semicolon_re.search(value):
                 reasons.append(f'unescaped ; in "{value}"')
+            if cls._double_escaped_semicolon_re.search(value):
+                reasons.append(f'double escaped ; in "{value}"')
             try:
                 value.encode('ascii')
             except UnicodeEncodeError:
diff --git a/tests/config-semis/escaped.semis.yaml b/tests/config-semis/escaped.semis.yaml
index 634ed15..241c3f8 100644
--- a/tests/config-semis/escaped.semis.yaml
+++ b/tests/config-semis/escaped.semis.yaml
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ two:
   type: TXT
   values:
     - This has a semi-colon too\; that is escaped.
+    - \;
diff --git a/tests/test_octodns_provider_yaml.py b/tests/test_octodns_provider_yaml.py
index 035439d..f60f741 100644
--- a/tests/test_octodns_provider_yaml.py
+++ b/tests/test_octodns_provider_yaml.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from octodns.idna import idna_encode
 from octodns.provider import ProviderException
 from octodns.provider.yaml import SplitYamlProvider, YamlProvider
 from octodns.record import Create, NsValue, Record, ValuesMixin
+from octodns.record.exception import ValidationError
 from octodns.zone import SubzoneRecordException, Zone
 
 
@@ -494,21 +495,14 @@ xn--dj-kia8a:
         )
 
         zone = Zone('escaped.semis.', [])
-        source.populate(zone)
-        self.assertEqual(2, len(zone.records))
-        one = next(r for r in zone.records if r.name == 'one')
-        self.assertTrue(one)
-        #        self.assertEqual(
-        #            ["This has a semi-colon\\; that isn't escaped."], one.values
-        #        )
-        two = next(r for r in zone.records if r.name == 'two')
-        self.assertTrue(two)
-
-
-#        self.assertEqual(
-#            ["This has a semi-colon too\\; that isn't escaped.", '\\;'],
-#            two.values,
-#        )
+        with self.assertRaises(ValidationError) as ctx:
+            source.populate(zone)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            [
+                'double escaped ; in "This has a semi-colon\\\\; that is escaped."'
+            ],
+            ctx.exception.reasons,
+        )
 
 
 class TestSplitYamlProvider(TestCase):
diff --git a/tests/test_octodns_record_chunked.py b/tests/test_octodns_record_chunked.py
index 4d7bbc0..6b40752 100644
--- a/tests/test_octodns_record_chunked.py
+++ b/tests/test_octodns_record_chunked.py
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ class TestChunkedValue(TestCase):
             _ChunkedValue.validate('hello; world', 'TXT'),
         )
 
+        # double escaped ;
+        self.assertEqual(
+            ['double escaped ; in "hello\\\\; world"'],
+            _ChunkedValue.validate('hello\\\\; world', 'TXT'),
+        )
+
         # non-asci
         self.assertEqual(
             ['non ASCII character in "v=spf1 –all"'],