diff --git a/utils/parse_context.h b/utils/parse_context.h
index e7224dc..febbfe3 100644
--- a/utils/parse_context.h
+++ b/utils/parse_context.h
@@ -485,7 +485,10 @@ struct Parse_Context {
         if (*cur_ != '\r') return false;
 
         // deal with DOS line endings
-        return match_literal("\r\n");
+        if(match_literal("\r\n") || *cur_ == '\r')
+            return true;
+
+        return false;
     }
 
     void expect_eol(const char * error = "expected eol")
diff --git a/utils/testing/csv_parsing_test.cc b/utils/testing/csv_parsing_test.cc
index 5e83efc..e2e86d0 100644
--- a/utils/testing/csv_parsing_test.cc
+++ b/utils/testing/csv_parsing_test.cc
@@ -41,4 +41,9 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE (test1)
     testCsvLine("\"\"", {""});
     testCsvLine("\"\",", {"",""});
     testCsvLine("\"\",\"\"", {"",""});
+
+    // check that we handle all line endings correctly
+    testCsvLine("\n", {});
+    testCsvLine("\r\n", {});
+    testCsvLine("\r", {});
 }