diff --git a/lib/po.js b/lib/po.js
index 50cb0a1..87133b5 100644
--- a/lib/po.js
+++ b/lib/po.js
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ PO.load = function(filename, callback) {
 };
 
 PO.parse = function(data) {
+    //support both unix and windows newline formats.
+    data = data.replace(/\r\n/g, '\n');
     var po = new PO
     , sections = data.split(/\n\n/)
     , headers = sections.shift()