diff --git a/googletest/src/gtest-death-test.cc b/googletest/src/gtest-death-test.cc
index 15472f1a7..c091335ae 100644
--- a/googletest/src/gtest-death-test.cc
+++ b/googletest/src/gtest-death-test.cc
@@ -738,6 +738,29 @@ int WindowsDeathTest::Wait() {
   return status();
 }
 
+
+namespace {
+// Keep in sync with EscapeGTestFilterLiteral in gtest.cc — death-test child
+// filters must treat ':' and '-' in typed-test names as literals (#5105).
+std::string EscapeDeathTestFilterLiteral(const std::string& str) {
+  std::string out;
+  out.reserve(str.size());
+  for (char c : str) {
+    if (c == '\\' || c == ':' || c == '-') {
+      out.push_back('\\');
+    }
+    out.push_back(c);
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
+std::string DeathTestFilterFlag(const TestInfo* info) {
+  return std::string("--") + GTEST_FLAG_PREFIX_ + "filter=" +
+         EscapeDeathTestFilterLiteral(info->test_suite_name()) + "." +
+         EscapeDeathTestFilterLiteral(info->name());
+}
+}  // namespace
+
 // The AssumeRole process for a Windows death test.  It creates a child
 // process with the same executable as the current process to run the
 // death test.  The child process is given the --gtest_filter and
@@ -775,9 +798,7 @@ DeathTest::TestRole WindowsDeathTest::AssumeRole() {
       FALSE,      // The initial state is non-signalled.
       nullptr));  // The even is unnamed.
   GTEST_DEATH_TEST_CHECK_(event_handle_.Get() != nullptr);
-  const std::string filter_flag = std::string("--") + GTEST_FLAG_PREFIX_ +
-                                  "filter=" + info->test_suite_name() + "." +
-                                  info->name();
+  const std::string filter_flag = DeathTestFilterFlag(info);
   const std::string internal_flag =
       std::string("--") + GTEST_FLAG_PREFIX_ +
       "internal_run_death_test=" + file_ + "|" + StreamableToString(line_) +
@@ -969,9 +990,7 @@ DeathTest::TestRole FuchsiaDeathTest::AssumeRole() {
   FlushInfoLog();
 
   // Build the child process command line.
-  const std::string filter_flag = std::string("--") + GTEST_FLAG_PREFIX_ +
-                                  "filter=" + info->test_suite_name() + "." +
-                                  info->name();
+  const std::string filter_flag = DeathTestFilterFlag(info);
   const std::string internal_flag = std::string("--") + GTEST_FLAG_PREFIX_ +
                                     kInternalRunDeathTestFlag + "=" + file_ +
                                     "|" + StreamableToString(line_) + "|" +
@@ -1369,9 +1388,7 @@ DeathTest::TestRole ExecDeathTest::AssumeRole() {
   // it be closed when the child process does an exec:
   GTEST_DEATH_TEST_CHECK_(fcntl(pipe_fd[1], F_SETFD, 0) != -1);
 
-  const std::string filter_flag = std::string("--") + GTEST_FLAG_PREFIX_ +
-                                  "filter=" + info->test_suite_name() + "." +
-                                  info->name();
+  const std::string filter_flag = DeathTestFilterFlag(info);
   const std::string internal_flag = std::string("--") + GTEST_FLAG_PREFIX_ +
                                     "internal_run_death_test=" + file_ + "|" +
                                     StreamableToString(line_) + "|" +
diff --git a/googletest/src/gtest.cc b/googletest/src/gtest.cc
index d66756e88..323c95e17 100644
--- a/googletest/src/gtest.cc
+++ b/googletest/src/gtest.cc
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ class UnitTestFilter {
   explicit UnitTestFilter(const std::string& filter) {
     // By design "" filter matches "" string.
     std::vector<std::string> all_patterns;
-    SplitString(filter, ':', &all_patterns);
+    SplitStringUnescaped(filter, ':', &all_patterns);
     const auto exact_match_patterns_begin = std::partition(
         all_patterns.begin(), all_patterns.end(), &IsGlobPattern);
 
@@ -868,8 +868,10 @@ class PositiveAndNegativeUnitTestFilter {
   explicit PositiveAndNegativeUnitTestFilter(const std::string& filter) {
     std::vector<std::string> positive_and_negative_filters;
 
-    // NOTE: `SplitString` always returns a non-empty container.
-    SplitString(filter, '-', &positive_and_negative_filters);
+    // NOTE: `SplitStringUnescaped` always returns a non-empty container.
+    // Death-test filters escape literal '-' as "\-" so typed-test names with
+    // hyphens are not treated as a negative filter (#5105).
+    SplitStringUnescaped(filter, '-', &positive_and_negative_filters);
     const auto& positive_filter = positive_and_negative_filters.front();
 
     if (positive_and_negative_filters.size() > 1) {
@@ -1335,6 +1337,28 @@ void SplitString(const ::std::string& str, char delimiter,
   dest->swap(parsed);
 }
 
+// Like SplitString, but treats "\<delimiter>" as a literal delimiter character
+// (backslash is consumed). Used for --gtest_filter parsing.
+static void SplitStringUnescaped(const ::std::string& str, char delimiter,
+                                 ::std::vector<std::string>* dest) {
+  dest->clear();
+  std::string current;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < str.size(); ++i) {
+    if (str[i] == '\\' && i + 1 < str.size()) {
+      current.push_back(str[++i]);
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (str[i] == delimiter) {
+      dest->push_back(current);
+      current.clear();
+      continue;
+    }
+    current.push_back(str[i]);
+  }
+  dest->push_back(current);
+}
+
+
 }  // namespace internal
 
 // Constructs an empty Message.