diff --git a/src/parser/seclang-scanner.ll b/src/parser/seclang-scanner.ll
index 8ef64b23..cdf3edc6 100755
--- a/src/parser/seclang-scanner.ll
+++ b/src/parser/seclang-scanner.ll
@@ -455,6 +455,7 @@ CONFIG_DIR_UNICODE_MAP_FILE (?i:SecUnicodeMapFile)
 #[ \t]*SecRule[^\\].*\\[ \t]*[\r\n]*        { driver.loc.back()->lines(1); driver.loc.back()->step(); BEGIN(COMMENT); }
 #[ \t]*SecAction[^\\].*\\[ \t]*[^\\n]      { driver.loc.back()->lines(1); driver.loc.back()->step(); BEGIN(COMMENT);  }
 #.*                             { driver.loc.back()->step(); /* comment, just ignore. */ }
+\r                              { driver.loc.back()->step(); /* carriage return, just ignore. */}
 .                               { driver.error (*driver.loc.back(), "invalid character", yytext); throw yy::seclang_parser::syntax_error(*driver.loc.back(), ""); }
 <<EOF>>                         {
                                     if (driver.ref.size() > 0) {