diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2de1a84..02a2723 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -116,6 +116,32 @@ lineStream.pipe(output);
 
 ```
 
+# Line Endings
+
+By default, byline matches end of line according to the following regular expression:
+
+```regexp
+/\r\n|[\n\v\f\r\x85\u2028\u2029]/g
+```
+
+You can override this default and specify your own regular expression for matching end of line for
+your data. 
+
+```javascript
+var stream = fs.createReadStream('sample.txt');
+stream = byline.createStream(stream,{newLines: /\n/g});
+
+// ...
+```
+
+or
+
+```javascript
+var stream = byline(fs.createReadStream('sample.txt', { encoding: 'utf8' }),{newLines: /\n/g});
+
+// ...
+```
+
 # Empty Lines
 
 By default byline skips empty lines, if you want to keep them, pass the `keepEmptyLines` option in
diff --git a/lib/byline.js b/lib/byline.js
index 21843cb..2669a2e 100644
--- a/lib/byline.js
+++ b/lib/byline.js
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ function LineStream(options) {
   // which re-concatanates the lines, just without newlines.
   this._readableState.objectMode = true;
   this._lineBuffer = [];
+  this._split = options.newLines || /\r\n|[\n\v\f\r\x85\u2028\u2029]/g;
   this._keepEmptyLines = options.keepEmptyLines || false;
   this._lastChunkEndedWithCR = false;
 
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ LineStream.prototype._transform = function(chunk, encoding, done) {
   this._chunkEncoding = encoding;
   
   // see: http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr18/#Line_Boundaries
-  var lines = chunk.split(/\r\n|[\n\v\f\r\x85\u2028\u2029]/g);
+  var lines = chunk.split(this._split);
   
   // don't split CRLF which spans chunks
   if (this._lastChunkEndedWithCR && chunk[0] == '\n') {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f2e6c41..afddff8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   ],
   "devDependencies": {
     "mocha": "~2.1.0",
-    "request": "~2.27.0"
+    "request": "^2.88.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "mocha -R spec --timeout 60000"
diff --git a/test/rfc-DOS.txt b/test/rfc-DOS.txt
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index 0000000..8c1bc1b
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diff --git a/test/tests.js b/test/tests.js
index 7a23aa7..a9cfee1 100644
--- a/test/tests.js
+++ b/test/tests.js
@@ -92,6 +92,22 @@ describe('byline', function() {
     });
   });
 
+  it('should match given newline separators using newLine option', function(done) {
+    var input = fs.createReadStream('test/rfc-DOS.txt');
+    var lineStream = byline(input, { keepEmptyLines: true, newLines: /\r\n/g });
+    lineStream.setEncoding('utf8');
+
+    var lines = [];
+    lineStream.on('data', function(line) {
+      lines.push(line);
+    });
+
+    lineStream.on('end', function() {
+      assert.equal(9859, lines.length);
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+
   it('should not split a CRLF which spans two chunks', function(done) {
     var input = fs.createReadStream('test/CRLF.txt');
     var lineStream = byline(input, { keepEmptyLines: true });