diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/java/net/ashald/envfile/providers/dotenv/DotEnvFileParser.java b/modules/core/src/main/java/net/ashald/envfile/providers/dotenv/DotEnvFileParser.java
index 8cfe250..3b2b54d 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/java/net/ashald/envfile/providers/dotenv/DotEnvFileParser.java
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/java/net/ashald/envfile/providers/dotenv/DotEnvFileParser.java
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 package net.ashald.envfile.providers.dotenv;
 
-import net.ashald.envfile.AbstractEnvVarsProvider;
-import net.ashald.envfile.EnvFileErrorException;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
-
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
-import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+import net.ashald.envfile.AbstractEnvVarsProvider;
+import net.ashald.envfile.EnvFileErrorException;
+
 public class DotEnvFileParser extends AbstractEnvVarsProvider {
 
     public DotEnvFileParser(boolean shouldSubstituteEnvVar) {
@@ -26,13 +26,36 @@ protected Map<String, String> getEnvVars(@NotNull Map<String, String> runConfigE
 
         try {
             List<String> lines = Files.readAllLines(Paths.get(path), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+            String multiLineKey = null;
+            StringBuilder multiLineValueAccumulator = null;
             for (String l: lines) {
                 String strippedLine = l.trim();
-                if (!strippedLine.startsWith("#") && strippedLine.contains("=")) {
+                if (strippedLine.startsWith("#")) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if(multiLineValueAccumulator != null) {
+                    String strippedLineWithoutComments = removeComments(strippedLine);
+                    int doubleQuoteIndex = strippedLineWithoutComments.indexOf('"');
+                    if(doubleQuoteIndex > -1) {
+                        multiLineValueAccumulator.append("\n").append(strippedLineWithoutComments, 0, doubleQuoteIndex);
+                        result.put(multiLineKey, multiLineValueAccumulator.toString());
+                        multiLineKey = null;
+                        multiLineValueAccumulator = null;
+                    } else {
+                        multiLineValueAccumulator.append("\n").append(strippedLineWithoutComments);
+                    }
+                } else if (strippedLine.contains("=")) {
                     String[] tokens = strippedLine.split("=", 2);
                     String key = tokens[0];
-                    String value = trim(tokens[1]);
-                    result.put(key, value);
+                    String rawValue = tokens[1].trim();
+                    if(rawValue.startsWith("\"") && !rawValue.endsWith("\"")) {
+                        multiLineKey = key;
+                        multiLineValueAccumulator = new StringBuilder(removeComments(rawValue.substring(1)));
+                    } else {
+                        String value = trim(rawValue);
+                        result.put(key, value);
+                    }
                 }
             }
         } catch (IOException ex) {
@@ -46,8 +69,12 @@ private static String trim(String value) {
         String trimmed = value.trim();
 
         if ((trimmed.startsWith("\"") && trimmed.endsWith("\"")) || (trimmed.startsWith("'") && trimmed.endsWith("'")))
-            return trimmed.substring(1, trimmed.length() - 1);
+            return trimmed.substring(1, trimmed.length() - 1).replace("\\n", "\n");
+
+        return removeComments(trimmed);
+    }
 
+    private static String removeComments(String trimmed) {
         return trimmed.replaceAll("\\s#.*$", "").replaceAll("(\\s)\\\\#", "$1#").trim();
     }
 }
diff --git a/modules/core/src/test/java/net/ashald/envfile/providers/dotenv/DotEnvFileParserTest.java b/modules/core/src/test/java/net/ashald/envfile/providers/dotenv/DotEnvFileParserTest.java
index 793d85f..85546bb 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/test/java/net/ashald/envfile/providers/dotenv/DotEnvFileParserTest.java
+++ b/modules/core/src/test/java/net/ashald/envfile/providers/dotenv/DotEnvFileParserTest.java
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 package net.ashald.envfile.providers.dotenv;
-import net.ashald.envfile.EnvFileErrorException;
-import org.junit.Assert;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import net.ashald.envfile.EnvFileErrorException;
+
 public class DotEnvFileParserTest {
 
     private DotEnvFileParser parser = new DotEnvFileParser(true);
@@ -67,4 +67,21 @@ public void testOrder() throws EnvFileErrorException, IOException {
         Assert.assertEquals("A(B(C))", result.get("A"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testMultiLineVariables() throws EnvFileErrorException {
+        Map<String, String> result = parser.getEnvVars(Collections.emptyMap(), getFile("multi-line-variable.env"));
+        Assert.assertEquals(1, result.size());
+        Assert.assertEquals("-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\nHkVN9...\n-----END DSA PRIVATE KEY-----\n", result.get("PRIVATE_KEY"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMultiLineVariablesWithLineBreaks() throws EnvFileErrorException {
+        Map<String, String> result = parser.getEnvVars(Collections.emptyMap(), getFile("multi-line-variable-with-line-breaks.env"));
+        Assert.assertEquals(1, result.size());
+        Assert.assertEquals("-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\n" +
+                "...\n" +
+                "HkVN9...\n" +
+                "...\n" +
+                "-----END DSA PRIVATE KEY-----", result.get("PRIVATE_KEY"));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/modules/core/src/test/resources/providers/dotenv/multi-line-variable-with-line-breaks.env b/modules/core/src/test/resources/providers/dotenv/multi-line-variable-with-line-breaks.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe5c579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core/src/test/resources/providers/dotenv/multi-line-variable-with-line-breaks.env
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+PRIVATE_KEY="-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
+...                                                # random comment with a " in it
+HkVN9...                                           # a second one
+...
+-----END DSA PRIVATE KEY-----"
diff --git a/modules/core/src/test/resources/providers/dotenv/multi-line-variable.env b/modules/core/src/test/resources/providers/dotenv/multi-line-variable.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dcaa5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core/src/test/resources/providers/dotenv/multi-line-variable.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+PRIVATE_KEY="-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----\nHkVN9...\n-----END DSA PRIVATE KEY-----\n"