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diff --git a/libbuild2/parser.cxx b/libbuild2/parser.cxx
index 5128979..4350c88 100644
--- a/libbuild2/parser.cxx
+++ b/libbuild2/parser.cxx
@@ -8163,11 +8163,12 @@ namespace build2
buildspec parser::
parse_buildspec (istream& is, const path_name& in)
{
- // We do "effective escaping" and only for ['"\$(] (basically what's
- // necessary inside a double-quoted literal plus the single quote).
+ // We do "effective escaping" of the special `'"\$(` characters, line
+ // continuations, plus `)` for symmetry (basically what's escapable inside
+ // a double-quoted literal plus the single quote).
//
path_ = ∈
- lexer l (is, *path_, 1 /* line */, "\'\"\\$(");
+ lexer l (is, *path_, 1 /* line */, "\'\"\\$()\n");
lexer_ = &l;
root_ = &ctx->global_scope.rw ();