diff --git a/R/backend-snowflake.R b/R/backend-snowflake.R
index 9e5d203e4..70e9dcbc9 100644
--- a/R/backend-snowflake.R
+++ b/R/backend-snowflake.R
@@ -164,25 +164,25 @@ sql_translation.Snowflake <- function(con) {
         sql_expr(EXTRACT("year", !!x))
       },
       seconds = function(x) {
-        glue_sql2(sql_current_con(), "INTERVAL '{x} second'")
+        snowflake_interval_sql(x, "second")
       },
       minutes = function(x) {
-        glue_sql2(sql_current_con(), "INTERVAL '{x} minute'")
+        snowflake_interval_sql(x, "minute")
       },
       hours = function(x) {
-        glue_sql2(sql_current_con(), "INTERVAL '{x} hour'")
+        snowflake_interval_sql(x, "hour")
       },
       days = function(x) {
-        glue_sql2(sql_current_con(), "INTERVAL '{x} day'")
+        snowflake_interval_sql(x, "day")
       },
       weeks = function(x) {
-        glue_sql2(sql_current_con(), "INTERVAL '{x} week'")
+        snowflake_interval_sql(x, "week")
       },
       months = function(x) {
-        glue_sql2(sql_current_con(), "INTERVAL '{x} month'")
+        snowflake_interval_sql(x, "month")
       },
       years = function(x) {
-        glue_sql2(sql_current_con(), "INTERVAL '{x} year'")
+        snowflake_interval_sql(x, "year")
       },
       # https://docs.snowflake.com/en/sql-reference/functions/date_trunc.html
       floor_date = function(x, unit = "seconds") {
@@ -300,4 +300,8 @@ snowflake_pmin_pmax_builder <- function(dot_1, dot_2, comparison){
   glue_sql2(sql_current_con(), glue("COALESCE(IFF({dot_2} {comparison} {dot_1}, {dot_2}, {dot_1}), {dot_2}, {dot_1})"))
 }
 
+snowflake_interval_sql <- function(x, interval_pd, con = sql_current_con()){
+  glue_sql2(con, "INTERVAL '{escape(x, con = con)} {interval_pd}'")
+}
+
 utils::globalVariables(c("%REGEXP%", "DAYNAME", "DECODE", "FLOAT", "MONTHNAME", "POSITION", "trim"))
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-backend-snowflake.R b/tests/testthat/test-backend-snowflake.R
index 12ce81d79..8df8d8ea2 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-backend-snowflake.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-backend-snowflake.R
@@ -94,6 +94,15 @@ test_that("custom lubridate functions translated correctly", {
   expect_equal(test_translate_sql(months(x)), sql("INTERVAL '`x` month'"))
   expect_equal(test_translate_sql(years(x)), sql("INTERVAL '`x` year'"))
 
+  # numeric arguments are correctly escaped in translation to SQL
+  expect_equal(test_translate_sql(seconds(1)), sql("INTERVAL '1.0 second'"))
+  expect_equal(test_translate_sql(minutes(1)), sql("INTERVAL '1.0 minute'"))
+  expect_equal(test_translate_sql(hours(1)),   sql("INTERVAL '1.0 hour'"))
+  expect_equal(test_translate_sql(days(1)),    sql("INTERVAL '1.0 day'"))
+  expect_equal(test_translate_sql(weeks(1)),   sql("INTERVAL '1.0 week'"))
+  expect_equal(test_translate_sql(months(1)),  sql("INTERVAL '1.0 month'"))
+  expect_equal(test_translate_sql(years(1)),   sql("INTERVAL '1.0 year'"))
+
   expect_equal(test_translate_sql(floor_date(x, "month")), sql("DATE_TRUNC('month', `x`)"))
   expect_equal(test_translate_sql(floor_date(x, "week")), sql("DATE_TRUNC('week', `x`)"))
 })