diff --git a/lib/lyx2lyx/lyx_2_5.py b/lib/lyx2lyx/lyx_2_5.py
index 9d0486cffb..0adc24d70e 100644
--- a/lib/lyx2lyx/lyx_2_5.py
+++ b/lib/lyx2lyx/lyx_2_5.py
@@ -118,17 +118,66 @@ def revert_url_escapes(document):
                 document.body[surl : surl + 1] = [m.group(1), "\\backslash", m.group(2)]
             k = surl
 
+def convert_url_escapes2(document):
+    """Unescape / in URLs with hyperref."""
+
+    i = find_token(document.header, "\\use_hyperref true", 0)
+   
+    if i != -1 and document.textclass not in ['beamer', 'scrarticle-beamer', 'beamerposter', 'article-beamer']:
+        return
+
+    i = 0
+    while True:
+        i = find_token(document.body, "\\begin_inset Flex URL", i + 1)
+        if i == -1:
+            return
+        j = find_end_of_inset(document.body, i)
+        if j == -1:
+            document.warning("Malformed LyX document: Could not find end of URL inset.")
+            continue
+        while True:
+            bs = find_token(document.body, "\\backslash", i, j)
+            if bs == -1:
+                break
+            if document.body[bs + 2] == "\\backslash":
+                del document.body[bs + 2]
+            i = bs + 1
+
+def revert_url_escapes2(document):
+    """Escape / in URLs with hyperref."""
+
+    i = find_token(document.header, "\\use_hyperref true", 0)
+   
+    if i != -1 and document.textclass not in ['beamer', 'scrarticle-beamer', 'beamerposter', 'article-beamer']:
+        return
+
+    i = 0
+    while True:
+        i = find_token(document.body, "\\begin_inset Flex URL", i + 1)
+        if i == -1:
+            return
+        j = find_end_of_inset(document.body, i)
+        if j == -1:
+            document.warning("Malformed LyX document: Could not find end of URL inset.")
+            continue
+        while True:
+            bs = find_token(document.body, "\\backslash", i, j)
+            if bs == -1:
+                break
+            document.body[bs] = "\\backslash\\backslash"
+            i = bs + 1
+
 ##
 # Conversion hub
 #
 
 supported_versions = ["2.5.0", "2.5"]
 convert = [
-           [621, [convert_url_escapes]]
+           [621, [convert_url_escapes, convert_url_escapes2]]
           ]
 
 
-revert =  [[620, [revert_url_escapes]]
+revert =  [[620, [revert_url_escapes2, revert_url_escapes]]
           ]
 
 
diff --git a/src/Paragraph.cpp b/src/Paragraph.cpp
index 0241dece7f..0dee0af3ae 100644
--- a/src/Paragraph.cpp
+++ b/src/Paragraph.cpp
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ public:
 				   Font const & running_font,
 				   string & alien_script,
 				   Layout const & style,
+				   InsetLayout const & il,
 				   pos_type & i,
 				   pos_type end_pos,
 				   unsigned int & column) const;
@@ -1234,12 +1235,21 @@ void Paragraph::Private::latexSpecialChar(otexstream & os,
 					  Font const & running_font,
 					  string & alien_script,
 					  Layout const & style,
+					  InsetLayout const & il,
 					  pos_type & i,
 					  pos_type end_pos,
 					  unsigned int & column) const
 {
 	char_type const c = owner_->getUChar(bparams, runparams, i);
 
+	// Special case: URLs with hyperref need to escape backslash (#13012).
+	// Both a layout tag and a dedicated inset seem too much effort for this.
+	if (c == '\\' && runparams.use_hyperref && il.latexname() == "url"
+	    && il.required().find("url") != il.required().end()) {
+		os << "\\\\";
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if ((style.pass_thru || runparams.pass_thru || runparams.find_effective()
 	    || contains(style.pass_thru_chars, c)
 	    || contains(runparams.pass_thru_chars, c))
@@ -3170,8 +3180,8 @@ void Paragraph::latex(BufferParams const & bparams,
 				}
 			}
 			try {
-				d->latexSpecialChar(os, bparams, rp, running_font,
-									alien_script, style, i, end_pos, column);
+				d->latexSpecialChar(os, bparams, rp, running_font, alien_script,
+						    style, inInset().getLayout(), i, end_pos, column);
 			} catch (EncodingException & e) {
 				if (runparams.dryrun) {
 					os << "<" << _("LyX Warning: ")