2 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/editors/sed.c b/editors/sed.c
index e625a0965..3a0d917aa 100644
--- a/editors/sed.c
+++ b/editors/sed.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ static int get_address(const char *my_str, int *linenum, regex_t ** regex)
                 next = index_of_next_unescaped_regexp_delim(delimiter, ++pos);
                 temp = copy_parsing_escapes(pos, next);
                 *regex = xzalloc(sizeof(regex_t));
-                xregcomp(*regex, temp, G.regex_type|REG_NEWLINE);
+                xregcomp(*regex, temp, G.regex_type);
                 free(temp);
                 /* Move position to next character after last delimiter */
                 pos += (next+1);
diff --git a/testsuite/sed.tests b/testsuite/sed.tests
index 468565f47..2af1e4c97 100755
--- a/testsuite/sed.tests
+++ b/testsuite/sed.tests
@@ -310,6 +310,27 @@ testing "sed zero chars match/replace logic must not falsely trigger here 2" \
         "sed 's/ *$/_/g'" \
         "qwerty_\n" "" "qwerty\n"
 
+testing "sed /\$_in_regex/ should not match newlines, only end-of-line" \
+        "sed ': testcont; /\\\\$/{ =; N; b testcont }'" \
+        "\
+this is a regular line
+2
+line with \\
+continuation
+more regular lines
+5
+line with \\
+continuation
+" \
+        "" "\
+this is a regular line
+line with \\
+continuation
+more regular lines
+line with \\
+continuation
+"
+
 # testing "description" "commands" "result" "infile" "stdin"
 
 exit $FAILCOUNT