diff --git a/snapshots/heredoc_dedent_line_continuation.txt b/snapshots/heredoc_dedent_line_continuation.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0c29ef2a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snapshots/heredoc_dedent_line_continuation.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+@ ProgramNode (location: (1,0)-(1,6))
+├── flags: ∅
+├── locals: []
+└── statements:
+    @ StatementsNode (location: (1,0)-(1,6))
+    ├── flags: ∅
+    └── body: (length: 1)
+        └── @ InterpolatedStringNode (location: (1,0)-(1,6))
+            ├── flags: newline
+            ├── opening_loc: (1,0)-(1,6) = "<<~FOO"
+            ├── parts: (length: 3)
+            │   ├── @ StringNode (location: (2,0)-(3,0))
+            │   │   ├── flags: static_literal, frozen
+            │   │   ├── opening_loc: ∅
+            │   │   ├── content_loc: (2,0)-(3,0) = "  foo\\\n"
+            │   │   ├── closing_loc: ∅
+            │   │   └── unescaped: "foo"
+            │   ├── @ StringNode (location: (3,0)-(4,0))
+            │   │   ├── flags: static_literal, frozen
+            │   │   ├── opening_loc: ∅
+            │   │   ├── content_loc: (3,0)-(4,0) = "  \\\n"
+            │   │   ├── closing_loc: ∅
+            │   │   └── unescaped: ""
+            │   └── @ StringNode (location: (4,0)-(5,0))
+            │       ├── flags: static_literal, frozen
+            │       ├── opening_loc: ∅
+            │       ├── content_loc: (4,0)-(5,0) = "  bar\n"
+            │       ├── closing_loc: ∅
+            │       └── unescaped: "bar\n"
+            └── closing_loc: (5,0)-(6,0) = "FOO\n"
diff --git a/src/prism.c b/src/prism.c
index 2c03961285..2c7dcccb4c 100644
--- a/src/prism.c
+++ b/src/prism.c
@@ -15821,6 +15821,19 @@ parse_heredoc_dedent_string(pm_string_t *string, size_t common_whitespace) {
     string->length = dest_length;
 }
 
+/**
+ * If we end up trimming all of the whitespace from a node and it isn't
+ * part of a line continuation, then we'll drop it from the list entirely.
+ */
+static inline bool
+heredoc_dedent_discard_string_node(pm_parser_t *parser, pm_string_node_t *string_node) {
+    if (string_node->unescaped.length == 0) {
+        const uint8_t *cursor = parser->start + PM_LOCATION_START(&string_node->content_loc);
+        return pm_memchr(cursor, '\\', string_node->content_loc.length, parser->encoding_changed, parser->encoding) == NULL;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
 /**
  * Take a heredoc node that is indented by a ~ and trim the leading whitespace.
  */
@@ -15831,8 +15844,7 @@ parse_heredoc_dedent(pm_parser_t *parser, pm_node_list_t *nodes, size_t common_w
     bool dedent_next = true;
 
     // Iterate over all nodes, and trim whitespace accordingly. We're going to
-    // keep around two indices: a read and a write. If we end up trimming all of
-    // the whitespace from a node, then we'll drop it from the list entirely.
+    // keep around two indices: a read and a write.
     size_t write_index = 0;
 
     pm_node_t *node;
@@ -15851,7 +15863,7 @@ parse_heredoc_dedent(pm_parser_t *parser, pm_node_list_t *nodes, size_t common_w
             parse_heredoc_dedent_string(&string_node->unescaped, common_whitespace);
         }
 
-        if (string_node->unescaped.length == 0) {
+        if (heredoc_dedent_discard_string_node(parser, string_node)) {
             pm_node_destroy(parser, node);
         } else {
             nodes->nodes[write_index++] = node;
diff --git a/test/prism/fixtures/heredoc_dedent_line_continuation.txt b/test/prism/fixtures/heredoc_dedent_line_continuation.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..661db490c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/prism/fixtures/heredoc_dedent_line_continuation.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<<~FOO
+  foo\
+  \
+  bar
+FOO
diff --git a/test/prism/ruby/ruby_parser_test.rb b/test/prism/ruby/ruby_parser_test.rb
index 4b7e9c93ed..7300159665 100644
--- a/test/prism/ruby/ruby_parser_test.rb
+++ b/test/prism/ruby/ruby_parser_test.rb
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class RubyParserTest < TestCase
       "alias.txt",
       "dsym_str.txt",
       "dos_endings.txt",
+      "heredoc_dedent_line_continuation.txt",
       "heredoc_percent_q_newline_delimiter.txt",
       "heredocs_with_fake_newlines.txt",
       "heredocs_with_ignored_newlines.txt",