diff --git a/src/main/java/ru/lanwen/verbalregex/VerbalExpression.java b/src/main/java/ru/lanwen/verbalregex/VerbalExpression.java
index 0e8dc68..8743b58 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ru/lanwen/verbalregex/VerbalExpression.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ru/lanwen/verbalregex/VerbalExpression.java
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ public Builder somethingButNot(final String pValue) {
          * @return this builder
          */
         public Builder lineBreak() {
-            return this.add("(?:\\n|(?:\\r\\n))");
+            return this.add("(?:\\n|(?:\\r\\n)|(?:\\r\\r))");
         }
 
         /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/ru/lanwen/verbalregex/BasicFunctionalityUnitTest.java b/src/test/java/ru/lanwen/verbalregex/BasicFunctionalityUnitTest.java
index bc07233..076f67c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/ru/lanwen/verbalregex/BasicFunctionalityUnitTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/ru/lanwen/verbalregex/BasicFunctionalityUnitTest.java
@@ -178,6 +178,18 @@ public void testLineBreak() {
         assertThat("abc then line break then space then def", testRegex, not(matchesTo("abc\r\n def")));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testMacintoshLineBreak() {
+        VerbalExpression testRegex = new VerbalExpression.Builder()
+                .startOfLine()
+                .then("abc")
+                .lineBreak()
+                .then("def")
+                .build();
+
+        assertThat("abc then line break then def", testRegex, matchesTo("abc\r\rdef"));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testBr() {
         VerbalExpression testRegexBr = new VerbalExpression.Builder()