diff --git a/tools/hxcpp/PathManager.hx b/tools/hxcpp/PathManager.hx
index 15b83c7e7..3872bd30b 100644
--- a/tools/hxcpp/PathManager.hx
+++ b/tools/hxcpp/PathManager.hx
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ class PathManager
          catch (e:Dynamic) {}
          
          Log.verbose = cache;
-         
-         var lines = output.split("\n");
+
+         var lines = ~/\r?\n/g.split(output);
          var result = "";
          var re = new EReg("^-D " + haxelib + "(=.*)?$", ""); //matches "-D hxcpp=3.1.0" or "-D hxcpp", but not "-D hxcpp-extras"
          for (i in 1...lines.length)