diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
index 988cc3055..f3aa29490 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/LaTeX.hs
@@ -382,7 +382,8 @@ inlineCommands = M.unions
     , ("lowercase", makeLowercase <$> tok)
     , ("thanks", skipopts >> note <$> grouped block)
     , ("footnote", skipopts >> footnote)
-    , ("passthrough", tok) -- \passthrough macro used by latex writer
+    , ("passthrough", fixPassthroughEscapes <$> tok)
+    -- \passthrough macro used by latex writer
                            -- for listings
     , ("includegraphics", do options <- option [] keyvals
                              src <- braced
@@ -473,6 +474,16 @@ alterStr :: (Text -> Text) -> Inline -> Inline
 alterStr f (Str xs) = Str (f xs)
 alterStr _ x = x
 
+fixPassthroughEscapes :: Inlines -> Inlines
+fixPassthroughEscapes = walk go
+ where
+  go (Code attr txt) = Code attr (T.pack $ unescapePassthrough $ T.unpack txt)
+  go x = x
+  unescapePassthrough [] = []
+  unescapePassthrough ('\\':c:cs)
+    | c `elem` ['%','{','}','\\'] = c : unescapePassthrough cs
+  unescapePassthrough (c:cs) = c : unescapePassthrough cs
+
 hyperlink :: PandocMonad m => LP m Inlines
 hyperlink = try $ do
   src <- untokenize <$> braced
diff --git a/test/command/8179.md b/test/command/8179.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ef7361878
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/command/8179.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+```
+% pandoc -f latex -t native
+\passthrough{\lstinline!\\textbf\{\}!}
+^D
+[ Para [ Code ( "" , [] , [] ) "\\textbf{}" ] ]
+```