diff --git a/packages/cubejs-duckdb-driver/src/DuckDBQuery.ts b/packages/cubejs-duckdb-driver/src/DuckDBQuery.ts
index 27ed2bb535df2..ccff1a6a34a8c 100644
--- a/packages/cubejs-duckdb-driver/src/DuckDBQuery.ts
+++ b/packages/cubejs-duckdb-driver/src/DuckDBQuery.ts
@@ -19,9 +19,18 @@ class DuckDBFilter extends BaseFilter {
     if (numberTypes.includes(definition.type)) {
       return 'CAST(? AS DOUBLE)';
     }
-   
+
     return '?';
   }
+
+  // DuckDB does not treat backslash as a default LIKE escape character, so the
+  // base `escapeWildcardChars` (which backslash-escapes `%`/`_` in user values)
+  // only works when the LIKE/ILIKE is given an explicit `ESCAPE '\'` clause.
+  public likeIgnoreCase(column: string, not: boolean, param: any, type: string) {
+    const p = (!type || type === 'contains' || type === 'ends') ? '\'%\' || ' : '';
+    const s = (!type || type === 'contains' || type === 'starts') ? ' || \'%\'' : '';
+    return `${column}${not ? ' NOT' : ''} ILIKE ${p}${this.allocateParam(param)}${s} ESCAPE '\\'`;
+  }
 }
 
 export class DuckDBQuery extends BaseQuery {
diff --git a/packages/cubejs-duckdb-driver/test/DuckDBQuery.test.ts b/packages/cubejs-duckdb-driver/test/DuckDBQuery.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..306d16ad2e1bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cubejs-duckdb-driver/test/DuckDBQuery.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import { prepareCompiler as originalPrepareCompiler } from '@cubejs-backend/schema-compiler';
+import { DuckDBQuery } from '../src/DuckDBQuery';
+
+const prepareCompiler = (content: string) => originalPrepareCompiler({
+  localPath: () => __dirname,
+  dataSchemaFiles: () => Promise.resolve([{ fileName: 'main.js', content }]),
+});
+
+describe('DuckDBQuery', () => {
+  const { compiler, joinGraph, cubeEvaluator } = prepareCompiler(
+    `
+cube(\`sales\`, {
+  sql: \` select * from public.sales \`,
+
+  measures: {
+    count: {
+      type: 'count'
+    }
+  },
+  dimensions: {
+    name: {
+      type: 'string',
+      sql: 'name'
+    },
+  }
+});
+`,
+  );
+
+  const buildFilter = (operator: string, values: string[]) => {
+    const query = new DuckDBQuery(
+      { joinGraph, cubeEvaluator, compiler },
+      {
+        measures: ['sales.count'],
+        filters: [
+          {
+            member: 'sales.name',
+            operator,
+            values,
+          },
+        ],
+      }
+    );
+
+    return query.buildSqlAndParams();
+  };
+
+  // DuckDB does not treat backslash as a default LIKE escape character, so the
+  // base `escapeWildcardChars` (which backslash-escapes `%`/`_` in user values)
+  // only works when the LIKE/ILIKE is given an explicit `ESCAPE '\'` clause.
+  // Regression test for the missing ESCAPE clause on the REST-API filter path.
+  it('emits ESCAPE \'\\\' for `contains`', () => compiler.compile().then(() => {
+    const [sql, params] = buildFilter('contains', ['50%']);
+
+    expect(sql).toContain('ILIKE \'%\' || ? || \'%\' ESCAPE \'\\\'');
+    // user value gets its wildcard char backslash-escaped
+    expect(params).toContain('50\\%');
+  }));
+
+  it('emits ESCAPE \'\\\' for `notContains`', () => compiler.compile().then(() => {
+    const [sql, params] = buildFilter('notContains', ['50%']);
+
+    expect(sql).toContain('NOT ILIKE \'%\' || ? || \'%\' ESCAPE \'\\\'');
+    expect(params).toContain('50\\%');
+  }));
+
+  it('emits ESCAPE \'\\\' for `startsWith`', () => compiler.compile().then(() => {
+    const [sql, params] = buildFilter('startsWith', ['a_b']);
+
+    expect(sql).toContain('ILIKE ? || \'%\' ESCAPE \'\\\'');
+    expect(params).toContain('a\\_b');
+  }));
+
+  it('emits ESCAPE \'\\\' for `endsWith`', () => compiler.compile().then(() => {
+    const [sql, params] = buildFilter('endsWith', ['a_b']);
+
+    expect(sql).toContain('ILIKE \'%\' || ? ESCAPE \'\\\'');
+    expect(params).toContain('a\\_b');
+  }));
+});