diff --git a/dotenv/src/iter.rs b/dotenv/src/iter.rs
index 40506e2..8cfd573 100644
--- a/dotenv/src/iter.rs
+++ b/dotenv/src/iter.rs
@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::env;
 use std::io::prelude::*;
-use std::io::{BufReader, Lines};
+use std::io::BufReader;
 
 use crate::errors::*;
 use crate::parse;
 
 pub struct Iter<R> {
-    lines: Lines<BufReader<R>>,
+    lines: QuotedLines<BufReader<R>>,
     substitution_data: HashMap<String, Option<String>>,
 }
 
 impl<R: Read> Iter<R> {
     pub fn new(reader: R) -> Iter<R> {
         Iter {
-            lines: BufReader::new(reader).lines(),
+            lines: QuotedLines {
+                buf: BufReader::new(reader),
+            },
             substitution_data: HashMap::new(),
         }
     }
@@ -31,6 +33,62 @@ impl<R: Read> Iter<R> {
     }
 }
 
+struct QuotedLines<B> {
+    buf: B,
+}
+
+fn is_complete(buf: &String) -> bool {
+    let mut escape = false;
+    let mut strong_quote = false;
+    let mut weak_quote = false;
+    let mut count = 0_u32;
+
+    for c in buf.chars() {
+        if escape {
+            escape = false
+        } else {
+            match c {
+                '\\' => escape = true,
+                '"' if !strong_quote => {
+                    count += 1;
+                    weak_quote = true
+                }
+                '\'' if !weak_quote => {
+                    count += 1;
+                    strong_quote = true
+                }
+                _ => (),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    count % 2 == 0
+}
+
+impl<B: BufRead> Iterator for QuotedLines<B> {
+    type Item = Result<String>;
+
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Result<String>> {
+        let mut buf = String::new();
+        loop {
+            match self.buf.read_line(&mut buf) {
+                Ok(0) => return None,
+                Ok(_n) => {
+                    if is_complete(&buf) {
+                        if buf.ends_with('\n') {
+                            buf.pop();
+                            if buf.ends_with('\r') {
+                                buf.pop();
+                            }
+                        }
+                        return Some(Ok(buf));
+                    }
+                }
+                Err(e) => return Some(Err(Error::Io(e))),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<R: Read> Iterator for Iter<R> {
     type Item = Result<(String, String)>;
 
@@ -38,7 +96,7 @@ impl<R: Read> Iterator for Iter<R> {
         loop {
             let line = match self.lines.next() {
                 Some(Ok(line)) => line,
-                Some(Err(err)) => return Some(Err(Error::Io(err))),
+                Some(Err(err)) => return Some(Err(err)),
                 None => return None,
             };
 
diff --git a/dotenv/tests/test-multiline.rs b/dotenv/tests/test-multiline.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a6eec8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotenv/tests/test-multiline.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+mod common;
+
+use dotenv::*;
+use std::env;
+
+use crate::common::*;
+
+#[test]
+fn test_multiline() {
+    let value = "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\\n\\\"QUOTED\\\"";
+    let weak = "-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n\"QUOTED\"";
+    let dir = tempdir_with_dotenv(&format!("WEAK=\"{}\"\nSTRONG='{}'", value, value)).unwrap();
+
+    dotenv().ok();
+    assert_eq!(var("WEAK").unwrap(), weak);
+    assert_eq!(var("STRONG").unwrap(), value);
+
+    env::set_current_dir(dir.path().parent().unwrap()).unwrap();
+    dir.close().unwrap();
+}