diff --git a/pkg/util/attributes/parser.go b/pkg/util/attributes/parser.go
index 777597969..28e17b6b8 100644
--- a/pkg/util/attributes/parser.go
+++ b/pkg/util/attributes/parser.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 // ParseV2Attributes parses strings like "K1:V1/K2:V2/K3:V3" into netmap
-// attributes.
+// attributes. Supports escaped symbols "\:", "\/" and "\\".
 func ParseV2Attributes(attrs []string, excl []string) ([]*netmap.NodeAttribute, error) {
 	restricted := make(map[string]struct{}, len(excl))
 	for i := range excl {
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ func ParseV2Attributes(attrs []string, excl []string) ([]*netmap.NodeAttribute,
 
 	for i := range attrs {
 		line := strings.Trim(attrs[i], pairSeparator)
+		line = replaceEscaping(line, false) // replaced escaped symbols with non-printable symbols
 		chain := strings.Split(line, pairSeparator)
 		if len(chain) == 0 {
 			return nil, errEmptyChain
@@ -55,6 +56,10 @@ func ParseV2Attributes(attrs []string, excl []string) ([]*netmap.NodeAttribute,
 				return nil, errUnexpectedKey
 			}
 
+			// replace non-printable symbols with escaped symbols without escape character
+			key = replaceEscaping(key, true)
+			value = replaceEscaping(value, true)
+
 			attribute := netmap.NewNodeAttribute()
 			attribute.SetKey(key)
 			attribute.SetValue(value)
@@ -75,3 +80,29 @@ func ParseV2Attributes(attrs []string, excl []string) ([]*netmap.NodeAttribute,
 
 	return result, nil
 }
+
+func replaceEscaping(target string, rollback bool) (s string) {
+	const escChar = `\`
+
+	var (
+		oldPairSep = escChar + pairSeparator
+		oldKVSep   = escChar + keyValueSeparator
+		oldEsc     = escChar + escChar
+		newPairSep = string(uint8(1))
+		newKVSep   = string(uint8(2))
+		newEsc     = string(uint8(3))
+	)
+
+	if rollback {
+		oldPairSep, oldKVSep, oldEsc = newPairSep, newKVSep, newEsc
+		newPairSep = pairSeparator
+		newKVSep = keyValueSeparator
+		newEsc = escChar
+	}
+
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(target, oldEsc, newEsc)
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, oldPairSep, newPairSep)
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, oldKVSep, newKVSep)
+
+	return
+}
diff --git a/pkg/util/attributes/parser_test.go b/pkg/util/attributes/parser_test.go
index b789cc385..bd06644f9 100644
--- a/pkg/util/attributes/parser_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/attributes/parser_test.go
@@ -57,4 +57,16 @@ func TestParseV2Attributes(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Len(t, attrs, 5)
 	})
+
+	t.Run("escape characters", func(t *testing.T) {
+		from := []string{
+			`/K\:ey1:V\/alue\\/Ke\/y2:Va\:lue`,
+		}
+		attrs, err := attributes.ParseV2Attributes(from, nil)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, attrs[0].Key(), `K:ey1`)
+		require.Equal(t, attrs[0].Value(), `V/alue\`)
+		require.Equal(t, attrs[1].Key(), `Ke/y2`)
+		require.Equal(t, attrs[1].Value(), `Va:lue`)
+	})
 }