diff --git a/Source/DOH/string.c b/Source/DOH/string.c
index c56da26bb..f0c73213a 100644
--- a/Source/DOH/string.c
+++ b/Source/DOH/string.c
@@ -460,11 +460,27 @@ String_ungetc(DOH *so, int ch)
 static char *
 end_quote(char *s)
 {
+  char *qs;
   char  qc;
   char  *q;
+  char  *nl;
   qc = *s;
+  qs = s;
   while (1) {
     q = strpbrk(s+1,"\"\'");
+    nl = strchr(s+1,'\n');
+    if (nl && (nl < q)) {
+      /* A new line appears before the end of the string */
+      if (*(nl-1) == '\\') {
+	s = nl+1;
+	continue;
+      }
+      /* String was terminated by a newline.  Wing it */
+      return qs;
+    }
+    if (!q && nl) {
+      return qs;
+    }
     if (!q) return 0;
     if ((*q == qc) && (*(q-1) != '\\')) return q;
     s = q;