--- django/contrib/gis/db/backends/postgis/adapter.py.orig	2011-09-09 11:51:27.769648151 +0100
+++ django/contrib/gis/db/backends/postgis/adapter.py	2011-09-12 14:09:51.733962708 +0100
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
         # the adaptor) and the SRID from the geometry.
         self.ewkb = str(geom.ewkb)
         self.srid = geom.srid
+        self._adapter = Binary(self.ewkb)
 
     def __conform__(self, proto):
         # Does the given protocol conform to what Psycopg2 expects?
@@ -26,10 +27,15 @@
     def __str__(self):
         return self.getquoted()
 
+    def prepare(self, conn):
+        # Pass the connection to the adapter: this allows escaping the binary
+        # in the style required by the server's standard_conforming_string setting.
+        self._adapter.prepare(conn)
+
     def getquoted(self):
         "Returns a properly quoted string for use in PostgreSQL/PostGIS."
-        # Want to use WKB, so wrap with psycopg2 Binary() to quote properly.
-        return 'ST_GeomFromEWKB(E%s)' % Binary(self.ewkb)
+        # psycopg will figure out whether to use E'\\000' or '\000'
+        return 'ST_GeomFromEWKB(%s)' % self._adapter.getquoted()
 
     def prepare_database_save(self, unused):
         return self