diff --git a/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb b/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb
index 864e4c7..4ae8492 100644
--- a/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/cmock_header_parser.rb
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class CMockHeaderParser
     source.gsub!(/^[\w\s]*(enum|union|struct|typepdef)[\w\s]*\{[^\}]+\}[\w\s\*\,]*;/m, '') # remove struct, union, and enum definitions and typedefs with braces
     source.gsub!(/(\W)(?:register|auto|static|restrict)(\W)/, '\1\2')                      # remove problem keywords
     source.gsub!(/\s*=\s*['"a-zA-Z0-9_\.]+\s*/, '')                                        # remove default value statements from argument lists
-    source.gsub!(/^(?:[\w\s]*\W)?typedef\W.*/, '')                                         # remove typedef statements
+    source.gsub!(/^(?:[\w\s]*\W)?typedef\W[^;]*/m, '')                                     # remove typedef statements
     source.gsub!(/(^|\W+)(?:#{@c_strippables.join('|')})(?=$|\W+)/,'\1') unless @c_strippables.empty? # remove known attributes slated to be stripped
     
     #scan for functions which return function pointers, because they are a pain
diff --git a/test/unit/cmock_header_parser_test.rb b/test/unit/cmock_header_parser_test.rb
index 509546a..22daeab 100644
--- a/test/unit/cmock_header_parser_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/cmock_header_parser_test.rb
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class CMockHeaderParserTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       "const typedef int INT;\n" +
       "int notatypedef;\n" +
       "int typedef_isnt_me;\n" +
-      " typedef who cares what really comes here \\\n" + # exercise multiline typedef
+      " typedef who cares what really comes here \n" + # exercise multiline typedef
       "   continuation;\n" +
       "this should remain!;\n" +
       "typedef blah bleh;\n" +