diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/vcregress.pl b/src/tools/msvc/vcregress.pl
index 30da0ba0e65..244c2b127a0 100644
--- a/src/tools/msvc/vcregress.pl
+++ b/src/tools/msvc/vcregress.pl
@@ -333,6 +333,8 @@ sub fetchRegressOpts
 	my $m = <$handle>;
 	close($handle);
 	my @opts;
+
+	$m =~ s{\\\r?\n}{}g;
 	if ($m =~ /^\s*REGRESS_OPTS\s*=(.*)/m)
 	{