diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 0438760080d..5e3125cdd45 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2020-09-16  Tom de Vries  <tdevries@suse.de>
+
+	PR testsuite/26618
+	* gdb.tui/new-layout.exp: Escape unbalanced braces.
+
 2020-09-15  Tom Tromey  <tromey@adacore.com>
 
 	PR rust/26197:
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.tui/new-layout.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.tui/new-layout.exp
index b4fca674e89..57c3f75e3b4 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.tui/new-layout.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.tui/new-layout.exp
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ gdb_test "tui new-layout example src 1 src 1" \
     "Window \"src\" seen twice in layout"
 gdb_test "tui new-layout example src 1" \
     "New layout does not contain the \"cmd\" window"
-gdb_test "tui new-layout example src 1}" \
-    "Extra '}' in layout specification"
-gdb_test "tui new-layout example {src 1} 1}" \
-    "Extra '}' in layout specification"
-gdb_test "tui new-layout example {src 1" \
-    "Missing '}' in layout specification"
+gdb_test "tui new-layout example src 1\}" \
+    "Extra '\}' in layout specification"
+gdb_test "tui new-layout example {src 1} 1\}" \
+    "Extra '\}' in layout specification"
+gdb_test "tui new-layout example \{src 1" \
+    "Missing '\}' in layout specification"
 
 gdb_test_no_output "tui new-layout example asm 1 status 0 cmd 1"