diff --git a/src/scanner.l b/src/scanner.l
index d32adf4..7daf5c1 100644
--- a/src/scanner.l
+++ b/src/scanner.l
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ numberstring	({decstring}|{hexstring})
 letter		[a-zA-Z]
 string		({letter}|[_.])({letter}|{digit}|[/\-_\.])*
 quotedstring	\"[^"]*\"
-asteriskstring	({string}\*|{string}\\\*)
+asteriskstring	({string}\*|{string}\\\*|\\\*|{string}\\\*{string})
 comment		#.*$
 slash		\/