diff --git a/datastructures-yaml-tiny/src/main/java/org/xbib/datastructures/yaml/tiny/Lexer.java b/datastructures-yaml-tiny/src/main/java/org/xbib/datastructures/yaml/tiny/Lexer.java
index 5ea8cf2..db44a38 100644
--- a/datastructures-yaml-tiny/src/main/java/org/xbib/datastructures/yaml/tiny/Lexer.java
+++ b/datastructures-yaml-tiny/src/main/java/org/xbib/datastructures/yaml/tiny/Lexer.java
@@ -182,6 +182,11 @@ public class Lexer {
                 if (isBSlash()) {
                     read();
                     switch (current()) {
+                        case EOL:
+                            read();
+                            skipBlanks();
+                            stringBuilder.append(current());
+                            break;
                         case '0':
                             stringBuilder.append('\0');
                             break;
diff --git a/datastructures-yaml-tiny/src/test/resources/org/xbib/datastructures/yaml/test/test.yml b/datastructures-yaml-tiny/src/test/resources/org/xbib/datastructures/yaml/test/test.yml
index f4038e1..a169136 100644
--- a/datastructures-yaml-tiny/src/test/resources/org/xbib/datastructures/yaml/test/test.yml
+++ b/datastructures-yaml-tiny/src/test/resources/org/xbib/datastructures/yaml/test/test.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ types:
     Hello, this is
     a very important message
     with new lines folded into spaces
+  continuing: "abc\
+    def"
   # text string is one kept literal originally (but cannot comment the value)
   text: |
     def func(x) do