diff --git a/lib/fluent/config/literal_parser.rb b/lib/fluent/config/literal_parser.rb
index 6362d5a52c..53d921b78c 100644
--- a/lib/fluent/config/literal_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/fluent/config/literal_parser.rb
@@ -98,11 +98,10 @@ def scan_double_quoted_string
             else
               return string.join
             end
-          elsif check(/[^"]#{LINE_END_WITHOUT_SPACING_AND_COMMENT}/o)
-            if s = check(/[^\\]#{LINE_END_WITHOUT_SPACING_AND_COMMENT}/o)
-              string << s
-            end
-            skip(/[^"]#{LINE_END_WITHOUT_SPACING_AND_COMMENT}/o)
+          elsif skip(/\\(?:\r\n|[\r\n])/)
+            next
+          elsif s = scan(/\r\n|[\r\n]/)
+            string << s
           elsif s = scan(/\\./)
             string << eval_escape_char(s[1,1])
           elsif skip(/\#\{/)
diff --git a/test/config/test_config_parser.rb b/test/config/test_config_parser.rb
index fe29028ef7..00bbf895b8 100644
--- a/test/config/test_config_parser.rb
+++ b/test/config/test_config_parser.rb
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ def parse_text(text)
         end
 
         test "support multiline string" do
+          assert_text_parsed_as(e('ROOT', '', {"k1" => "world\n\n"}), "k1 \"world\n\n\"")
           assert_text_parsed_as(e('ROOT', '',
             {"k1" => %[line1
                        line2]
diff --git a/test/config/test_literal_parser.rb b/test/config/test_literal_parser.rb
index 275e468e3f..e993b8696d 100644
--- a/test/config/test_literal_parser.rb
+++ b/test/config/test_literal_parser.rb
@@ -111,6 +111,13 @@ def test_falseX
       test('"t') { assert_parse_error('"t') }  # non-terminated quoted character
       test("\"t\nt\"") { assert_text_parsed_as("t\nt", "\"t\nt\"" ) } # multiline string
       test("\"t\\\nt\"") { assert_text_parsed_as("tt", "\"t\\\nt\"" ) } # multiline string
+      test("\"t\n\nt\"") { assert_text_parsed_as("t\n\nt", "\"t\n\nt\"") }
+      test("\"\nt\"") { assert_text_parsed_as("\nt", "\"\nt\"") }
+      test("\"t\\\\\nt\"") { assert_text_parsed_as("t\\\nt", "\"t\\\\\nt\"") }
+      test("\"t\r\nt\"") { assert_text_parsed_as("t\r\nt", "\"t\r\nt\"") }
+      test("\"t\\\r\nt\"") { assert_text_parsed_as("tt", "\"t\\\r\nt\"") }
+      test("\"t\n") { assert_parse_error("\"t\n") }
+      test("\"t\\\n") { assert_parse_error("\"t\\\n") }
       test('t"') { assert_text_parsed_as('t"', 't"') }
       test('"."') { assert_text_parsed_as('.', '"."') }
       test('"*"') { assert_text_parsed_as('*', '"*"') }