diff --git a/src/ukify/ukify.py b/src/ukify/ukify.py
index a09ea09f9e..2016173855 100755
--- a/src/ukify/ukify.py
+++ b/src/ukify/ukify.py
@@ -1695,7 +1695,7 @@ def inspect_section(
 
     if ttype == 'text':
         try:
-            struct['text'] = data.decode()
+            struct['text'] = data.rstrip(b'\0').replace(b'\0', b'\\0').decode()
         except UnicodeDecodeError as e:
             print(f'Section {name!r} is not valid text: {e}', file=sys.stderr)
             struct['text'] = '(not valid UTF-8)'