diff --git a/lib/coffee-script/lexer.js b/lib/coffee-script/lexer.js
index 2c486d83..41de5487 100644
--- a/lib/coffee-script/lexer.js
+++ b/lib/coffee-script/lexer.js
@@ -193,14 +193,13 @@
     };
 
     Lexer.prototype.heredocToken = function() {
-      var doc, heredoc, match, quote, trimmed;
+      var doc, heredoc, match, quote;
       if (!(match = HEREDOC.exec(this.chunk))) {
         return 0;
       }
       heredoc = match[0];
       quote = heredoc.charAt(0);
-      trimmed = match[2].replace(/(([^\\]|\\\\)\s*)\n[^\n\S]*$/, '$1');
-      doc = this.sanitizeHeredoc(trimmed, {
+      doc = this.sanitizeHeredoc(match[2], {
         quote: quote,
         indent: null
       });
@@ -847,7 +846,7 @@
 
   NUMBER = /^0b[01]+|^0o[0-7]+|^0x[\da-f]+|^\d*\.?\d+(?:e[+-]?\d+)?/i;
 
-  HEREDOC = /^("""|''')(([\s\S]*?([^\\]|\\\\))?)\1/;
+  HEREDOC = /^("""|''')((?:\\[\s\S]|[^\\])*?)(?:\n[^\n\S]*)?\1/;
 
   OPERATOR = /^(?:[-=]>|[-+*\/%<>&|^!?=]=|>>>=?|([-+:])\1|([&|<>])\2=?|\?(\.|::)|\.{2,3})/;
 
diff --git a/src/lexer.coffee b/src/lexer.coffee
index 72b63143..985c4042 100644
--- a/src/lexer.coffee
+++ b/src/lexer.coffee
@@ -205,9 +205,7 @@ exports.Lexer = class Lexer
     return 0 unless match = HEREDOC.exec @chunk
     heredoc = match[0]
     quote = heredoc.charAt 0
-    # Trim last newline if it's not escaped
-    trimmed = match[2].replace /(([^\\]|\\\\)\s*)\n[^\n\S]*$/, '$1'
-    doc = @sanitizeHeredoc trimmed, quote: quote, indent: null
+    doc = @sanitizeHeredoc match[2], quote: quote, indent: null
     if quote is '"' and 0 <= doc.indexOf '#{'
       @interpolateString doc, heredoc: yes, strOffset: 3, lexedLength: heredoc.length
     else
@@ -772,7 +770,7 @@ NUMBER     = ///
   ^ \d*\.?\d+ (?:e[+-]?\d+)?  # decimal
 ///i
 
-HEREDOC    = /// ^ ("""|''') (( [\s\S]*? ([^\\]|\\\\) )?) \1 ///
+HEREDOC    = /// ^ ("""|''') ((?: \\[\s\S] | [^\\] )*?) (?:\n[^\n\S]*)? \1 ///
 
 OPERATOR   = /// ^ (
   ?: [-=]>             # function
diff --git a/test/compilation.coffee b/test/compilation.coffee
index 7190edf6..b43e0b67 100644
--- a/test/compilation.coffee
+++ b/test/compilation.coffee
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ test "#1050", ->
 
 test "#1273: escaping quotes at the end of heredocs", ->
   cantCompile '"""\\"""' # """\"""
+  cantCompile '"""\\\\\\"""' # """\\\"""
 
 test "#1106: __proto__ compilation", ->
   object = eq
diff --git a/test/strings.coffee b/test/strings.coffee
index 803981ac..708c6b14 100644
--- a/test/strings.coffee
+++ b/test/strings.coffee
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ eq '""Hello, World\\""', """
 test "#1273, escaping quotes at the end of heredocs.", ->
   # """\""" no longer compiles
   eq """\\""", '\\'
+  eq """\\\"""", '\\\"'
 
 a = """
     basic heredoc