diff --git a/extra_test.go b/extra_test.go
index a9040e8..a794211 100644
--- a/extra_test.go
+++ b/extra_test.go
@@ -32,3 +32,28 @@ func TestEndsWithNonSpaceCharacters(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("%s \n---------\n %s", source, b.String())
 	}
 }
+
+func TestWindowsNewLine(t *testing.T) {
+	markdown := New(WithRendererOptions(
+		html.WithXHTML(),
+	))
+	source := []byte("a  \r\nb\n")
+	var b bytes.Buffer
+	err := markdown.Convert(source, &b)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err.Error())
+	}
+	if b.String() != "<p>a<br />\nb</p>\n" {
+		t.Errorf("%s\n---------\n%s", source, b.String())
+	}
+
+	source = []byte("a\\\r\nb\r\n")
+	var b2 bytes.Buffer
+	err = markdown.Convert(source, &b2)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err.Error())
+	}
+	if b2.String() != "<p>a<br />\nb</p>\n" {
+		t.Errorf("\n%s\n---------\n%s", source, b2.String())
+	}
+}
diff --git a/parser/parser.go b/parser/parser.go
index 917da5b..1f1e370 100644
--- a/parser/parser.go
+++ b/parser/parser.go
@@ -1154,7 +1154,14 @@ func (p *parser) parseBlock(block text.BlockReader, parent ast.Node, pc Context)
 		if lineLength > 2 && line[lineLength-2] == '\\' && softLinebreak { // ends with \\n
 			stop--
 			hardlineBreak = true
+
+		} else if lineLength > 3 && line[lineLength-3] == '\\' && line[lineLength-2] == '\r' && softLinebreak { // ends with \\r\n
+			stop -= 2
+			hardlineBreak = true
 		} else if lineLength > 3 && line[lineLength-3] == ' ' && line[lineLength-2] == ' ' && softLinebreak { // ends with [space][space]\n
+			stop--
+			hardlineBreak = true
+		} else if lineLength > 4 && line[lineLength-4] == ' ' && line[lineLength-3] == ' ' && line[lineLength-2] == '\r' && softLinebreak { // ends with [space][space]\r\n
 			hardlineBreak = true
 		}
 		rest := diff.WithStop(stop)