diff --git a/src/std/main.ab b/src/std/main.ab
index 48bb2760..6fd018b3 100644
--- a/src/std/main.ab
+++ b/src/std/main.ab
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ pub fun file_append(path, content) {
 
 pub fun split(text: Text, delimiter: Text): [Text] {
     let result = [Text]
-    unsafe $IFS="{delimiter}" read -ra {nameof result} <<< "\${nameof text}"$
+    unsafe $IFS="{delimiter}" read -rd '' -a {nameof result} < <(printf %s "\${nameof text}")$
     return result
 }
 
diff --git a/src/tests/stdlib.rs b/src/tests/stdlib.rs
index 1a024c80..ed116b4a 100644
--- a/src/tests/stdlib.rs
+++ b/src/tests/stdlib.rs
@@ -177,6 +177,18 @@ fn split() {
     test_amber!(code, "banana")
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn split_multiline() {
+    let code = "
+        import * from \"std\"
+        main {
+            let array = split(\"apple,ban\nana,cherry\", \",\")
+            echo array
+        }
+    ";
+    test_amber!(code, "apple ban\nana cherry")
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn join() {
     let code = "