diff --git a/code/globalcpp/parser/yyLexer.l b/code/globalcpp/parser/yyLexer.l
index d31d7e5e..e7741232 100644
--- a/code/globalcpp/parser/yyLexer.l
+++ b/code/globalcpp/parser/yyLexer.l
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ static bool UseField( void )
 <C_COMMENT>.					{ ; }
 "*/"							{ Compiler.CompileError( parsedata.pos - yyleng, "'*/' found outside of comment" ); }
 
+\\[\r\n]+						{ ; }
 "//"[^\r\n]*					{ if( prev_yylex != TOKEN_EOL ) YYLEX( TOKEN_EOL ); }
 
 <VARIABLES>[\r\n]*				{ BEGIN( INITIAL ); YYLEX( TOKEN_EOL ); }