diff --git a/lib/build.js b/lib/build.js
index 0bcc9bea19..c122b9ff18 100644
--- a/lib/build.js
+++ b/lib/build.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ async function build (gyp, argv) {
       }
     }
 
-    config = JSON.parse(data.replace(/#.+\n/, ''))
+    config = JSON.parse(data.replace(/#.+\r?\n/, ''))
 
     // get the 'arch', 'buildType', and 'nodeDir' vars from the config
     buildType = config.target_defaults.default_configuration