diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/ScintillaEditView.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/ScintillaEditView.cpp
index d72ddb530..1d215111e 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/ScintillaEditView.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/ScintillaEditView.cpp
@@ -4862,7 +4862,14 @@ bool ScintillaEditView::pasteToMultiSelection() const
 	::CloseClipboard();
 
 	vector<wstring> clipboardStrings;
-	stringSplit(clipboardStr, getEOLString(), clipboardStrings);
+
+	wstring eol = L"\r\n";
+	if (clipboardStr.find(L"\n") != std::wstring::npos)
+		eol = L"\n";
+	else if (clipboardStr.find(L"\r") != std::wstring::npos)
+		eol = L"\r";
+
+	stringSplit(clipboardStr, eol, clipboardStrings);
 	clipboardStrings.erase(clipboardStrings.cend() - 1); // remove the last empty string
 	size_t nbClipboardStr = clipboardStrings.size();