diff --git a/components/prism-clike.js b/components/prism-clike.js
index f835e76cbe..5f30622ba2 100644
--- a/components/prism-clike.js
+++ b/components/prism-clike.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Prism.languages.clike = {
 			lookbehind: true
 		}
 	],
-	'string': /("|')(\\?.)*?\1/g,
+	'string': /("|')(\\\n|\\?.)*?\1/g,
 	'class-name': {
 		pattern: /((?:(?:class|interface|extends|implements|trait|instanceof|new)\s+)|(?:catch\s+\())[a-z0-9_\.\\]+/ig,
 		lookbehind: true,
diff --git a/components/prism-clike.min.js b/components/prism-clike.min.js
index 93397fee32..2b239166cd 100644
--- a/components/prism-clike.min.js
+++ b/components/prism-clike.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Prism.languages.clike={comment:[{pattern:/(^|[^\\])\/\*[\w\W]*?\*\//g,lookbehind:!0},{pattern:/(^|[^\\:])\/\/.*?(\r?\n|$)/g,lookbehind:!0}],string:/("|')(\\?.)*?\1/g,"class-name":{pattern:/((?:(?:class|interface|extends|implements|trait|instanceof|new)\s+)|(?:catch\s+\())[a-z0-9_\.\\]+/gi,lookbehind:!0,inside:{punctuation:/(\.|\\)/}},keyword:/\b(if|else|while|do|for|return|in|instanceof|function|new|try|throw|catch|finally|null|break|continue)\b/g,"boolean":/\b(true|false)\b/g,"function":{pattern:/[a-z0-9_]+\(/gi,inside:{punctuation:/\(/}},number:/\b-?(0x[\dA-Fa-f]+|\d*\.?\d+([Ee]-?\d+)?)\b/g,operator:/[-+]{1,2}|!|<=?|>=?|={1,3}|&{1,2}|\|?\||\?|\*|\/|\~|\^|\%/g,ignore:/&(lt|gt|amp);/gi,punctuation:/[{}[\];(),.:]/g};
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+Prism.languages.clike={comment:[{pattern:/(^|[^\\])\/\*[\w\W]*?\*\//g,lookbehind:!0},{pattern:/(^|[^\\:])\/\/.*?(\r?\n|$)/g,lookbehind:!0}],string:/("|')(\\\n|\\?.)*?\1/g,"class-name":{pattern:/((?:(?:class|interface|extends|implements|trait|instanceof|new)\s+)|(?:catch\s+\())[a-z0-9_\.\\]+/gi,lookbehind:!0,inside:{punctuation:/(\.|\\)/}},keyword:/\b(if|else|while|do|for|return|in|instanceof|function|new|try|throw|catch|finally|null|break|continue)\b/g,"boolean":/\b(true|false)\b/g,"function":{pattern:/[a-z0-9_]+\(/gi,inside:{punctuation:/\(/}},number:/\b-?(0x[\dA-Fa-f]+|\d*\.?\d+([Ee]-?\d+)?)\b/g,operator:/[-+]{1,2}|!|<=?|>=?|={1,3}|&{1,2}|\|?\||\?|\*|\/|\~|\^|\%/g,ignore:/&(lt|gt|amp);/gi,punctuation:/[{}[\];(),.:]/g};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/prism.js b/prism.js
index 6e610df117..9664a16399 100644
--- a/prism.js
+++ b/prism.js
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ Prism.languages.clike = {
 			lookbehind: true
 		}
 	],
-	'string': /("|')(\\?.)*?\1/g,
+	'string': /("|')(\\\n|\\?.)*?\1/g,
 	'class-name': {
 		pattern: /((?:(?:class|interface|extends|implements|trait|instanceof|new)\s+)|(?:catch\s+\())[a-z0-9_\.\\]+/ig,
 		lookbehind: true,