diff --git a/src/generic.rs b/src/generic.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69d42ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/generic.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+#[inline]
+// Slightly modified version of
+// <https://github.com/serde-rs/json/blob/d12e943590208da738c092db92c34b39796a2538/src/ser.rs#L2079>
+// Borrowed from:
+// <https://github.com/oxc-project/oxc-sourcemap/blob/e533e6ca4d08c538d8d4df74eacd29437851591f/src/encode.rs#L331>
+pub fn escape_generic<S: AsRef<str>>(s: S) -> String {
+    let s = s.as_ref();
+    let bytes = s.as_bytes();
+
+    // Estimate capacity - most strings don't need much escaping
+    // Add some padding for potential escapes
+    let estimated_capacity = bytes.len() + bytes.len() / 2 + 2;
+    let mut result = Vec::with_capacity(estimated_capacity);
+
+    result.push(b'"');
+
+    let mut start = 0;
+    let mut i = 0;
+
+    while i < bytes.len() {
+        let b = bytes[i];
+
+        // Use lookup table to check if escaping is needed
+        let escape_byte = ESCAPE[b as usize];
+
+        if escape_byte == 0 {
+            // No escape needed, continue scanning
+            i += 1;
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        // Copy any unescaped bytes before this position
+        if start < i {
+            result.extend_from_slice(&bytes[start..i]);
+        }
+
+        // Handle the escape
+        result.push(b'\\');
+        if escape_byte == b'u' {
+            // Unicode escape for control characters
+            result.extend_from_slice(b"u00");
+            let hex_digits = &HEX_BYTES[b as usize];
+            result.push(hex_digits.0);
+            result.push(hex_digits.1);
+        } else {
+            // Simple escape
+            result.push(escape_byte);
+        }
+
+        i += 1;
+        start = i;
+    }
+
+    // Copy any remaining unescaped bytes
+    if start < bytes.len() {
+        result.extend_from_slice(&bytes[start..]);
+    }
+
+    result.push(b'"');
+
+    // SAFETY: We only pushed valid UTF-8 bytes (original string bytes and ASCII escape sequences)
+    unsafe { String::from_utf8_unchecked(result) }
+}
+
+const BB: u8 = b'b'; // \x08
+const TT: u8 = b't'; // \x09
+const NN: u8 = b'n'; // \x0A
+const FF: u8 = b'f'; // \x0C
+const RR: u8 = b'r'; // \x0D
+const QU: u8 = b'"'; // \x22
+const BS: u8 = b'\\'; // \x5C
+pub(crate) const UU: u8 = b'u'; // \x00...\x1F except the ones above
+const __: u8 = 0;
+
+// Lookup table of escape sequences. A value of b'x' at index i means that byte
+// i is escaped as "\x" in JSON. A value of 0 means that byte i is not escaped.
+pub(crate) static ESCAPE: [u8; 256] = [
+    //   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   A   B   C   D   E   F
+    UU, UU, UU, UU, UU, UU, UU, UU, BB, TT, NN, UU, FF, RR, UU, UU, // 0
+    UU, UU, UU, UU, UU, UU, UU, UU, UU, UU, UU, UU, UU, UU, UU, UU, // 1
+    __, __, QU, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, // 2
+    __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, // 3
+    __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, // 4
+    __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, BS, __, __, __, // 5
+    __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, // 6
+    __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, // 7
+    __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, // 8
+    __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, // 9
+    __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, // A
+    __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, // B
+    __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, // C
+    __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, // D
+    __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, // E
+    __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, __, // F
+];
+
+// Pre-computed hex digit pairs for control characters
+pub(crate) struct HexPair(u8, u8);
+
+pub(crate) static HEX_BYTES: [HexPair; 32] = [
+    HexPair(b'0', b'0'),
+    HexPair(b'0', b'1'),
+    HexPair(b'0', b'2'),
+    HexPair(b'0', b'3'),
+    HexPair(b'0', b'4'),
+    HexPair(b'0', b'5'),
+    HexPair(b'0', b'6'),
+    HexPair(b'0', b'7'),
+    HexPair(b'0', b'8'),
+    HexPair(b'0', b'9'),
+    HexPair(b'0', b'a'),
+    HexPair(b'0', b'b'),
+    HexPair(b'0', b'c'),
+    HexPair(b'0', b'd'),
+    HexPair(b'0', b'e'),
+    HexPair(b'0', b'f'),
+    HexPair(b'1', b'0'),
+    HexPair(b'1', b'1'),
+    HexPair(b'1', b'2'),
+    HexPair(b'1', b'3'),
+    HexPair(b'1', b'4'),
+    HexPair(b'1', b'5'),
+    HexPair(b'1', b'6'),
+    HexPair(b'1', b'7'),
+    HexPair(b'1', b'8'),
+    HexPair(b'1', b'9'),
+    HexPair(b'1', b'a'),
+    HexPair(b'1', b'b'),
+    HexPair(b'1', b'c'),
+    HexPair(b'1', b'd'),
+    HexPair(b'1', b'e'),
+    HexPair(b'1', b'f'),
+];
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 8778629..af71975 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -108,11 +108,13 @@
 //! | `escape v_jsonescape` | 21.09 ms     | 1.18×      |
 //! | `json-escape`         | 22.43 ms     | 1.25×      |
 
+#[cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")]
+mod aarch64;
+mod generic;
 #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
 mod x86;
 
-#[cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")]
-mod aarch64;
+pub use generic::escape_generic;
 
 const BB: u8 = b'b'; // \x08
 const TT: u8 = b't'; // \x09
@@ -170,67 +172,6 @@ pub(crate) const HEX_BYTES: [(u8, u8); 256] = {
     bytes
 };
 
-#[inline]
-/// Cross platform generic implementation without any platform specific instructions
-pub fn escape_generic<S: AsRef<str>>(input: S) -> String {
-    let s = input.as_ref();
-    let bytes = s.as_bytes();
-
-    // Estimate capacity - most strings don't need much escaping
-    // Add some padding for potential escapes
-    let estimated_capacity = bytes.len() + bytes.len() / 2 + 2;
-    let mut result = Vec::with_capacity(estimated_capacity);
-
-    result.push(b'"');
-
-    let mut start = 0;
-    let mut i = 0;
-
-    while i < bytes.len() {
-        let b = bytes[i];
-
-        // Use lookup table to check if escaping is needed
-        let escape_byte = ESCAPE[b as usize];
-
-        if escape_byte == 0 {
-            // No escape needed, continue scanning
-            i += 1;
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        // Copy any unescaped bytes before this position
-        if start < i {
-            result.extend_from_slice(&bytes[start..i]);
-        }
-
-        // Handle the escape
-        result.push(b'\\');
-        if escape_byte == UU {
-            // Unicode escape for control characters
-            result.extend_from_slice(b"u00");
-            let hex_digits = &HEX_BYTES[b as usize];
-            result.push(hex_digits.0);
-            result.push(hex_digits.1);
-        } else {
-            // Simple escape
-            result.push(escape_byte);
-        }
-
-        i += 1;
-        start = i;
-    }
-
-    // Copy any remaining unescaped bytes
-    if start < bytes.len() {
-        result.extend_from_slice(&bytes[start..]);
-    }
-
-    result.push(b'"');
-
-    // SAFETY: We only pushed valid UTF-8 bytes (original string bytes and ASCII escape sequences)
-    unsafe { String::from_utf8_unchecked(result) }
-}
-
 /// Main entry point for JSON string escaping with SIMD acceleration
 /// If the platform is supported, the SIMD path will be used. Otherwise, the generic fallback will be used.
 pub fn escape<S: AsRef<str>>(input: S) -> String {