diff --git a/components/engine/buildfile.go b/components/engine/buildfile.go
index cbb6ecfcef..8ff21bf939 100644
--- a/components/engine/buildfile.go
+++ b/components/engine/buildfile.go
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ func (b *buildFile) commit(id string, autoCmd []string, comment string) error {
 }
 
 // Long lines can be split with a backslash
-var lineContinuation = regexp.MustCompile(`\s*\\.*\n`)
+var lineContinuation = regexp.MustCompile(`\s*\\\s*\n`)
 
 func (b *buildFile) Build(context io.Reader) (string, error) {
 	// FIXME: @creack any reason for using /tmp instead of ""?