diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f3ea846096c..f6bfc5d3565 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 
 - SPL:
   . Fixed bug #55701 (GlobIterator throws LogicException). (Valentin VĂLCIU)
+  . Fixed bug #72646 (SplFileObject::getCsvControl does not return the escape
+    character). (cmb)
 
 - SQLite3:
   . Fixed bug #72571 (SQLite3::bindValue, SQLite3::bindParam crash). (Laruence)
diff --git a/ext/spl/spl_directory.c b/ext/spl/spl_directory.c
index 6a49d973e36..17b9e8fa557 100644
--- a/ext/spl/spl_directory.c
+++ b/ext/spl/spl_directory.c
@@ -2657,7 +2657,7 @@ SPL_METHOD(SplFileObject, fputcsv)
 /* }}} */
 
 /* {{{ proto void SplFileObject::setCsvControl([string delimiter [, string enclosure [, string escape ]]])
-   Set the delimiter and enclosure character used in fgetcsv */
+   Set the delimiter, enclosure and escape character used in fgetcsv */
 SPL_METHOD(SplFileObject, setCsvControl)
 {
 	spl_filesystem_object *intern = Z_SPLFILESYSTEM_P(getThis());
@@ -2700,11 +2700,11 @@ SPL_METHOD(SplFileObject, setCsvControl)
 /* }}} */
 
 /* {{{ proto array SplFileObject::getCsvControl()
-   Get the delimiter and enclosure character used in fgetcsv */
+   Get the delimiter, enclosure and escape character used in fgetcsv */
 SPL_METHOD(SplFileObject, getCsvControl)
 {
 	spl_filesystem_object *intern = Z_SPLFILESYSTEM_P(getThis());
-	char delimiter[2], enclosure[2];
+	char delimiter[2], enclosure[2], escape[2];
 
 	array_init(return_value);
 
@@ -2712,9 +2712,12 @@ SPL_METHOD(SplFileObject, getCsvControl)
 	delimiter[1] = '\0';
 	enclosure[0] = intern->u.file.enclosure;
 	enclosure[1] = '\0';
+	escape[0] = intern->u.file.escape;
+	escape[1] = '\0';
 
 	add_next_index_string(return_value, delimiter);
 	add_next_index_string(return_value, enclosure);
+	add_next_index_string(return_value, escape);
 }
 /* }}} */
 
diff --git a/ext/spl/tests/SplFileObject_getCsvControl_basic_001.phpt b/ext/spl/tests/SplFileObject_getCsvControl_basic_001.phpt
index e21f08fa2de..4e3de4bab2e 100644
--- a/ext/spl/tests/SplFileObject_getCsvControl_basic_001.phpt
+++ b/ext/spl/tests/SplFileObject_getCsvControl_basic_001.phpt
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ $obj = New SplFileObject(dirname(__FILE__).'/SplFileObject_testinput.csv');
 var_dump($obj->getCsvControl());
 
 ?>
---EXPECTF--
-array(2) {
+--EXPECT--
+array(3) {
   [0]=>
-  %unicode|string%(1) ","
+  string(1) ","
   [1]=>
-  %unicode|string%(1) """
+  string(1) """
+  [2]=>
+  string(1) "\"
 }