diff --git a/components/richmemo/richmemortf.pas b/components/richmemo/richmemortf.pas
index 52bfada94..4748fb236 100644
--- a/components/richmemo/richmemortf.pas
+++ b/components/richmemo/richmemortf.pas
@@ -750,6 +750,8 @@ begin
   isNewPara:=false;
   while i<=length(u) do begin
     if u[i]='\' then Result:=Result+'\\'
+    else if u[i]='{' then Result:=Result+'\{'
+    else if u[i]='}' then Result:=Result+'\}'
     else if u[i]=#10 then begin
       Result:=Result+'\par ';
       isNewPara:=true;