diff --git a/src/Liquid/AbstractBlock.php b/src/Liquid/AbstractBlock.php
index 0d29f01..4ca05b2 100644
--- a/src/Liquid/AbstractBlock.php
+++ b/src/Liquid/AbstractBlock.php
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ private function blockName()
 	 */
 	private function createVariable($token)
 	{
-		$variableRegexp = new Regexp('/^' . Liquid::get('VARIABLE_START') . Liquid::get('WHITESPACE_CONTROL') . '?(.*?)' . Liquid::get('WHITESPACE_CONTROL') . '?' . Liquid::get('VARIABLE_END') . '$/');
+		$variableRegexp = new Regexp('/^' . Liquid::get('VARIABLE_START') . Liquid::get('WHITESPACE_CONTROL') . '?(.*?)' . Liquid::get('WHITESPACE_CONTROL') . '?' . Liquid::get('VARIABLE_END') . '$/s');
 		if ($variableRegexp->match($token)) {
 			return new Variable($variableRegexp->matches[1]);
 		}
diff --git a/src/Liquid/Variable.php b/src/Liquid/Variable.php
index 868738a..6afeb05 100644
--- a/src/Liquid/Variable.php
+++ b/src/Liquid/Variable.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public function __construct($markup)
 		$this->markup = $markup;
 
 		$filterSep = new Regexp('/' . Liquid::get('FILTER_SEPARATOR') . '\s*(.*)/m');
-		$syntaxParser = new Regexp('/(' . Liquid::get('QUOTED_FRAGMENT') . ')(.*)/m');
+		$syntaxParser = new Regexp('/(' . Liquid::get('QUOTED_FRAGMENT') . ')(.*)/ms');
 		$filterParser = new Regexp('/(?:\s+|' . Liquid::get('QUOTED_FRAGMENT') . '|' . Liquid::get('ARGUMENT_SEPARATOR') . ')+/');
 		$filterArgsRegex = new Regexp('/(?:' . Liquid::get('FILTER_ARGUMENT_SEPARATOR') . '|' . Liquid::get('ARGUMENT_SEPARATOR') . ')\s*((?:\w+\s*\:\s*)?' . Liquid::get('QUOTED_FRAGMENT') . ')/');
 
diff --git a/tests/Liquid/OutputTest.php b/tests/Liquid/OutputTest.php
index 4eac2e9..a18b048 100644
--- a/tests/Liquid/OutputTest.php
+++ b/tests/Liquid/OutputTest.php
@@ -188,9 +188,6 @@ public function testLinkTo()
 	 */
 	public function testVariableWithANewLine()
 	{
-		$this->expectException(\Liquid\Exception\ParseException::class);
-		$this->expectExceptionMessage('was not properly terminated');
-
 		$text = "{{ aaa\n }}";
 		$this->assertTemplateResult('', $text, $this->assigns);
 	}
diff --git a/tests/Liquid/VariableResolutionTest.php b/tests/Liquid/VariableResolutionTest.php
index 3f8a26c..28a3f07 100644
--- a/tests/Liquid/VariableResolutionTest.php
+++ b/tests/Liquid/VariableResolutionTest.php
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@ public function testIgnoreUnknown()
 		$this->assertEquals('', $template->render());
 	}
 
+	public function testLineBreak()
+	{
+		$template = new Template();
+
+		$template->parse("{{ test |\n strip_html }}");
+		$this->assertEquals('worked', $template->render(array('test' => '<b>worked</b>')));
+	}
+
 	public function testArrayScoping()
 	{
 		$template = new Template();