1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cfg.c b/cfg.c
index d49bfa61..22a50d22 100644
--- a/cfg.c
+++ b/cfg.c
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ load_cfg(const char *path, struct cmd_ctx *ctxin, struct causelist *causes)
 		len = strlen(line);
 		if (len > 0 && line[len - 1] == '\\') {
 			line[len - 1] = '\0';
-			continue;
+			/* Ignore escaped backslash at EOL. */
+			if (len > 1 && line[len - 2] != '\\')
+				continue;
 		}
 		buf = line;
 		line = NULL;