diff --git a/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb b/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
index aa2a3bc5..c77b6f82 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ module Liquid
     end
 
     def strip_html(input)
-      input.to_s.gsub(/<script.*?<\/script>/, '').gsub(/<!--.*?-->/, '').gsub(/<.*?>/, '')
+      input.to_s.gsub(/<script.*?<\/script>/m, '').gsub(/<!--.*?-->/m, '').gsub(/<.*?>/m, '')
     end
 
     # Remove all newlines from the string
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ module Liquid
       input.to_s.gsub(/\r?\n/, '')
     end
 
-
     # Join elements of the array with certain character between them
     def join(input, glue = ' ')
       [input].flatten.join(glue)
diff --git a/test/liquid/standard_filter_test.rb b/test/liquid/standard_filter_test.rb
index 0de4ae17..6631b5c1 100644
--- a/test/liquid/standard_filter_test.rb
+++ b/test/liquid/standard_filter_test.rb
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ class StandardFiltersTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal 'test', @filters.strip_html("<div>test</div>")
     assert_equal 'test', @filters.strip_html("<div id='test'>test</div>")
     assert_equal '', @filters.strip_html("<script type='text/javascript'>document.write('some stuff');</script>")
+    assert_equal 'test', @filters.strip_html("<div\nclass='multiline'>test</div>")
     assert_equal '', @filters.strip_html(nil)
   end