diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index f328c9b..5c7b152 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -25,3 +25,13 @@ func createPath(path string) []string {
 	}
 	return keys
 }
+
+// EscapePath to escape a path
+// Example
+// - By default  jsonmap.Set("message.raw", "hello world !")
+//   =>  { "message": { "raw": "hello world !" }}
+// - With escape jsonmap.Set(jsonmap.EscapePath("message.raw", "hello world !"))
+//   => { "message.raw": "hello world !" }}
+func EscapePath(path string) string {
+	return strings.Replace(path, ".", "\\.", -1)
+}
diff --git a/utils_test.go b/utils_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2df944d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package jsonmap_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/datasweet/jsonmap"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestEscapePath(t *testing.T) {
+	json := jsonmap.New()
+	json.Set("message.raw", "hello world !")
+	assert.JSONEq(t, `{ "message": { "raw": "hello world !" }}`, json.Stringify())
+
+	json = jsonmap.New()
+	json.Set(jsonmap.EscapePath("message.raw"), "hello world !")
+	assert.JSONEq(t, `{ "message.raw": "hello world !" }`, json.Stringify())
+}