diff --git a/src/compiler/parser/index.js b/src/compiler/parser/index.js
index c62358909de..880a3197755 100644
--- a/src/compiler/parser/index.js
+++ b/src/compiler/parser/index.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {
 
 export const onRE = /^@|^v-on:/
 export const dirRE = /^v-|^@|^:/
-export const forAliasRE = /([^]*?)\s+(?:in|of)\s+([^]*)/
+export const forAliasRE = /([\s\S]*?)\s+(?:in|of)\s+([\s\S]*)/
 export const forIteratorRE = /,([^,\}\]]*)(?:,([^,\}\]]*))?$/
 const stripParensRE = /^\(|\)$/g