2 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/findutils/grep.c b/findutils/grep.c
index 05bf8b8cf..8d2c915be 100644
--- a/findutils/grep.c
+++ b/findutils/grep.c
@@ -141,8 +141,10 @@ extern int grep_main(int argc, char **argv)
        if (argv[optind] == NULL)
                usage(grep_usage);
-        /* compile the regular expression */
+        /* compile the regular expression
-        reflags = REG_NOSUB; /* we're not going to mess with sub-expressions */
+         * we're not going to mess with sub-expressions, and we need to
+         * treat newlines right. */
+        reflags = REG_NOSUB | REG_NEWLINE; 
        if (ignore_case)
                reflags |= REG_ICASE;
        if ((ret = regcomp(&regex, argv[optind], reflags)) != 0) {
diff --git a/grep.c b/grep.c
index 05bf8b8cf..8d2c915be 100644
--- a/grep.c
+++ b/grep.c
@@ -141,8 +141,10 @@ extern int grep_main(int argc, char **argv)
        if (argv[optind] == NULL)
                usage(grep_usage);
-        /* compile the regular expression */
+        /* compile the regular expression
-        reflags = REG_NOSUB; /* we're not going to mess with sub-expressions */
+         * we're not going to mess with sub-expressions, and we need to
+         * treat newlines right. */
+        reflags = REG_NOSUB | REG_NEWLINE; 
        if (ignore_case)
                reflags |= REG_ICASE;
        if ((ret = regcomp(&regex, argv[optind], reflags)) != 0) {