diff --git a/grammar/rebuildParsers.php b/grammar/rebuildParsers.php
index 289c399..87c5cd5 100644
--- a/grammar/rebuildParsers.php
+++ b/grammar/rebuildParsers.php
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ function resolveMacros($code) {
 
                 return 'foreach (' . $args[0] . ' as &$s) { if (is_string($s)) {'
                      . ' $s = Node\Scalar\String_::parseEscapeSequences($s, null, ' . $args[1] . '); } }'
-                     . ' $s = preg_replace(\'~(\r\n|\n|\r)$~\', \'\', $s);'
+                     . ' $s = preg_replace(\'~(\r\n|\n|\r)\z~\', \'\', $s);'
                      . ' if (\'\' === $s) array_pop(' . $args[0] . ');';
             }
 
diff --git a/lib/PhpParser/Node/Scalar/String_.php b/lib/PhpParser/Node/Scalar/String_.php
index 3b32a19..604672c 100644
--- a/lib/PhpParser/Node/Scalar/String_.php
+++ b/lib/PhpParser/Node/Scalar/String_.php
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class String_ extends Scalar
      */
     public static function parseDocString($startToken, $str, $parseUnicodeEscape = true) {
         // strip last newline (thanks tokenizer for sticking it into the string!)
-        $str = preg_replace('~(\r\n|\n|\r)$~', '', $str);
+        $str = preg_replace('~(\r\n|\n|\r)\z~', '', $str);
 
         // nowdoc string
         if (false !== strpos($startToken, '\'')) {
diff --git a/lib/PhpParser/Parser/Php5.php b/lib/PhpParser/Parser/Php5.php
index 3d8e473..5398ad2 100644
--- a/lib/PhpParser/Parser/Php5.php
+++ b/lib/PhpParser/Parser/Php5.php
@@ -2818,7 +2818,7 @@ class Php5 extends \PhpParser\ParserAbstract
     }
 
     protected function reduceRule463() {
-         foreach ($this->semStack[$this->stackPos-(3-2)] as &$s) { if (is_string($s)) { $s = Node\Scalar\String_::parseEscapeSequences($s, null, false); } } $s = preg_replace('~(\r\n|\n|\r)$~', '', $s); if ('' === $s) array_pop($this->semStack[$this->stackPos-(3-2)]);; $this->semValue = new Scalar\Encapsed($this->semStack[$this->stackPos-(3-2)], $this->startAttributeStack[$this->stackPos-(3-1)] + $this->endAttributes);
+         foreach ($this->semStack[$this->stackPos-(3-2)] as &$s) { if (is_string($s)) { $s = Node\Scalar\String_::parseEscapeSequences($s, null, false); } } $s = preg_replace('~(\r\n|\n|\r)\z~', '', $s); if ('' === $s) array_pop($this->semStack[$this->stackPos-(3-2)]);; $this->semValue = new Scalar\Encapsed($this->semStack[$this->stackPos-(3-2)], $this->startAttributeStack[$this->stackPos-(3-1)] + $this->endAttributes);
     }
 
     protected function reduceRule464() {
diff --git a/lib/PhpParser/Parser/Php7.php b/lib/PhpParser/Parser/Php7.php
index 7f1884c..bb08ec3 100644
--- a/lib/PhpParser/Parser/Php7.php
+++ b/lib/PhpParser/Parser/Php7.php
@@ -2406,7 +2406,7 @@ class Php7 extends \PhpParser\ParserAbstract
     }
 
     protected function reduceRule398() {
-         foreach ($this->semStack[$this->stackPos-(3-2)] as &$s) { if (is_string($s)) { $s = Node\Scalar\String_::parseEscapeSequences($s, null, true); } } $s = preg_replace('~(\r\n|\n|\r)$~', '', $s); if ('' === $s) array_pop($this->semStack[$this->stackPos-(3-2)]);; $this->semValue = new Scalar\Encapsed($this->semStack[$this->stackPos-(3-2)], $this->startAttributeStack[$this->stackPos-(3-1)] + $this->endAttributes);
+         foreach ($this->semStack[$this->stackPos-(3-2)] as &$s) { if (is_string($s)) { $s = Node\Scalar\String_::parseEscapeSequences($s, null, true); } } $s = preg_replace('~(\r\n|\n|\r)\z~', '', $s); if ('' === $s) array_pop($this->semStack[$this->stackPos-(3-2)]);; $this->semValue = new Scalar\Encapsed($this->semStack[$this->stackPos-(3-2)], $this->startAttributeStack[$this->stackPos-(3-1)] + $this->endAttributes);
     }
 
     protected function reduceRule399() {
diff --git a/test/code/parser/scalar/docStringNewlines.test b/test/code/parser/scalar/docStringNewlines.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..479c995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/code/parser/scalar/docStringNewlines.test
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+Trailing newlines in doc strings
+-----
+<?php
+
+<<<'EOF'@@{ "\n\n" }@@EOF;
+<<<'EOF'@@{ "\n\n\n" }@@EOF;
+<<<'EOF'@@{ "\nFoo\n\n" }@@EOF;
+<<<EOF@@{ "\n\$var\n\n" }@@EOF;
+
+<<<'EOF'@@{ "\r\n\r\n" }@@EOF;
+<<<'EOF'@@{ "\r\n\r\n\r\n" }@@EOF;
+<<<'EOF'@@{ "\r\nFoo\r\n\r\n" }@@EOF;
+<<<EOF@@{ "\r\n\$var\r\n\r\n" }@@EOF;
+
+// comment to force line break before EOF
+-----
+array(
+    0: Scalar_String(
+        value:
+    )
+    1: Scalar_String(
+        value:
+
+    )
+    2: Scalar_String(
+        value: Foo
+
+    )
+    3: Scalar_Encapsed(
+        parts: array(
+            0: Expr_Variable(
+                name: var
+            )
+            1:
+
+        )
+    )
+    4: Scalar_String(
+        value:
+    )
+    5: Scalar_String(
+        value:
+
+    )
+    6: Scalar_String(
+        value: Foo
+
+    )
+    7: Scalar_Encapsed(
+        parts: array(
+            0: Expr_Variable(
+                name: var
+            )
+            1:
+
+        )
+    )
+)
\ No newline at end of file