diff --git a/includes/common.inc b/includes/common.inc
index 34fa9b9..d87e861 100644
--- a/includes/common.inc
+++ b/includes/common.inc
@@ -7470,7 +7470,39 @@ function drupal_parse_info_file($filename) {
 function drupal_parse_info_format($data) {
   $info = array();
 
-  if (preg_match_all('
+  $matches = array();
+  $lines = explode('
+', $data);
+  $lines_length = count($lines);
+
+  for ($c = 0; $c < $lines_length; $c++) {
+
+    // check if line contains part of a multiline string
+    $multi = substr_count($lines[$c], '"');
+
+    // if so, we need to include the remaining lines into this one
+    if ($multi == 1) {
+
+      $multi_line = $lines[$c];
+
+      // add lines
+      while ($c + 1 < $lines_length && substr_count($lines[$c + 1], '"') == 0) {
+        $multi_line .= '
+' . $lines[$c + 1];
+        $c++;
+      }
+
+      // add last line
+      if ($c + 1 < $lines_length) {
+        $multi_line .= '
+' . $lines[$c + 1];
+        $c++;
+        // override last line with full multi-line content
+        $lines[$c] = $multi_line;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (preg_match('
     @^\s*                           # Start at the beginning of a line, ignoring leading whitespace
     ((?:
       [^=;\[\]]|                    # Key names cannot contain equal signs, semi-colons or square brackets,
@@ -7482,7 +7514,12 @@ function drupal_parse_info_format($data) {
       (\'(?:[^\']|(?<=\\\\)\')*\')| # Single-quoted string, which may contain slash-escaped quotes/slashes
       ([^\r\n]*?)                   # Non-quoted string
     )\s*$                           # Stop at the next end of a line, ignoring trailing whitespace
-    @msx', $data, $matches, PREG_SET_ORDER)) {
+    @msx', $lines[$c], $line_matches)) {
+      $matches[] = $line_matches;
+    }
+  }
+  
+  if (count($matches) > 0) {
     foreach ($matches as $match) {
       // Fetch the key and value string.
       $i = 0;