diff --git a/tags.go b/tags.go
index 7719e85..265f060 100644
--- a/tags.go
+++ b/tags.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func Parse(tag string) (*Tags, error) {
 			return nil, errTagValueSyntax
 		}
 
-		res := strings.Split(value, ",")
+		res := split(value)
 		name := res[0]
 		options := res[1:]
 		if len(options) == 0 {
@@ -312,3 +312,24 @@ func (t *Tags) Less(i int, j int) bool {
 func (t *Tags) Swap(i int, j int) {
 	t.tags[i], t.tags[j] = t.tags[j], t.tags[i]
 }
+
+// split splits value by comma, respecting backslash-escaped commas (\,).
+func split(value string) []string {
+	var res []string
+	start := 0
+	for i := 0; i < len(value); i++ {
+		if value[i] == ',' {
+			backslashes := 0
+			for j := i - 1; j >= 0 && value[j] == '\\'; j-- {
+				backslashes++
+			}
+			if backslashes%2 == 0 {
+				res = append(res, value[start:i])
+				start = i + 1
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	res = append(res, value[start:])
+	return res
+}
+
diff --git a/tags_test.go b/tags_test.go
index 1dc7810..562000f 100644
--- a/tags_test.go
+++ b/tags_test.go
@@ -174,6 +174,69 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "tag with escaped comma in option",
+			tag:  `json:"foo,bar\\,baz"`,
+			exp: []*Tag{
+				{
+					Key:     "json",
+					Name:    "foo",
+					Options: []string{`bar\,baz`},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "tag with regex pattern and description containing escaped commas",
+			tag:  `json:"reason" jsonschema:"required,maxLength=1024,pattern=^[A-Za-z]([A-Za-z0-9_\\,:]*[A-Za-z0-9_])?$,description=A reason\\, hopefully a valid one"`,
+			exp: []*Tag{
+				{
+					Key:  "json",
+					Name: "reason",
+				},
+				{
+					Key:  "jsonschema",
+					Name: "required",
+					Options: []string{
+						"maxLength=1024",
+						`pattern=^[A-Za-z]([A-Za-z0-9_\,:]*[A-Za-z0-9_])?$`,
+						`description=A reason\, hopefully a valid one`,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "tag with escaped comma in name",
+			tag:  `json:"foo\\,bar,opt1"`,
+			exp: []*Tag{
+				{
+					Key:     "json",
+					Name:    `foo\,bar`,
+					Options: []string{"opt1"},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "tag with multiple escaped commas in option",
+			tag:  `json:"foo,a\\,b\\,c,d"`,
+			exp: []*Tag{
+				{
+					Key:     "json",
+					Name:    "foo",
+					Options: []string{`a\,b\,c`, "d"},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "tag with escaped backslash before comma",
+			tag:  `json:"foo,bar\\\\,baz"`,
+			exp: []*Tag{
+				{
+					Key:     "json",
+					Name:    "foo",
+					Options: []string{`bar\\`, "baz"},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, ts := range test {
@@ -422,3 +485,46 @@ func TestTags_Sort(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("string\n\twant: %#v\n\tgot : %#v", want, tags.String())
 	}
 }
+
+func TestTags_EscapedCommas(t *testing.T) {
+	raw := `json:"reason" jsonschema:"required,pattern=^[A-Za-z]([A-Za-z0-9_\\,:]*[A-Za-z0-9_])?$,description=A reason\\, hopefully a valid one"`
+
+	tags, err := Parse(raw)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected parse error: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	jsTag, err := tags.Get("jsonschema")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected get error: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if jsTag.Name != "required" {
+		t.Errorf("want name 'required', got %q", jsTag.Name)
+	}
+
+	patternOpt := `pattern=^[A-Za-z]([A-Za-z0-9_\,:]*[A-Za-z0-9_])?$`
+	descOpt := `description=A reason\, hopefully a valid one`
+
+	if !jsTag.HasOption(patternOpt) {
+		t.Errorf("expected jsonschema tag to have option %q", patternOpt)
+	}
+
+	if !jsTag.HasOption(descOpt) {
+		t.Errorf("expected jsonschema tag to have option %q", descOpt)
+	}
+
+	// Test AddOptions with escaped comma
+	newOpt := `custom=a\,b`
+	tags.AddOptions("jsonschema", newOpt)
+	if !jsTag.HasOption(newOpt) {
+		t.Errorf("expected jsonschema tag to have newly added option %q", newOpt)
+	}
+
+	// Test DeleteOptions with escaped comma
+	tags.DeleteOptions("jsonschema", patternOpt)
+	if jsTag.HasOption(patternOpt) {
+		t.Errorf("expected jsonschema tag to not have deleted option %q", patternOpt)
+	}
+}
+