diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/scala/sangria/renderer/QueryRenderer.scala b/modules/core/src/main/scala/sangria/renderer/QueryRenderer.scala
index 65b06429..9967daed 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/scala/sangria/renderer/QueryRenderer.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/scala/sangria/renderer/QueryRenderer.scala
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 package sangria.renderer
 
-import sangria.ast.AstLocation
-import sangria.util.StringUtil.{escapeBlockString, escapeString}
 import sangria.ast._
+import sangria.util.StringUtil.{escapeBlockString, escapeString, linesIterator}
 
 object QueryRenderer {
   val Pretty: QueryRendererConfig = QueryRendererConfig(
@@ -477,7 +476,7 @@ object QueryRenderer {
       extraIndent: Boolean = true): String =
     if (node.value.trim.nonEmpty) {
       val ind = if (extraIndent) indent.incForce.str else indent.strForce
-      val lines = escapeBlockString(node.value).split("\n").iterator.map { line =>
+      val lines = linesIterator(escapeBlockString(node.value)).map { line =>
         if (line.isEmpty) line // do not output lines with only whitespaces inside
         else ind + line
       }
diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/scala/sangria/util/StringUtil.scala b/modules/core/src/main/scala/sangria/util/StringUtil.scala
index 626b894f..2c6040b6 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/scala/sangria/util/StringUtil.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/scala/sangria/util/StringUtil.scala
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package sangria.util
 import sangria.since3_0_0
 
 import java.util.Locale
+import scala.collection.AbstractIterator
 import scala.collection.mutable.ListBuffer
 
 object StringUtil {
@@ -110,6 +111,30 @@ object StringUtil {
   def charHex(ch: Char): String =
     Integer.toHexString(ch).toUpperCase(Locale.ENGLISH)
 
+  // Redefine `linesIterator`, since the implementation provided by Scala is not consistent for our
+  // cross-compiled versions
+  def linesIterator(string: String): Iterator[String] = new AbstractIterator[String] {
+    def hasNext: Boolean = !done
+    def next(): String = if (done) Iterator.empty.next() else advance()
+
+    private def isLineBreak(c: Char) = c == '\r' || c == '\n'
+    private def isWindowsLineBreak(c1: Char, c2: Char) = c1 == '\r' && c2 == '\n'
+    private[this] val len = string.length
+    private[this] var index = 0
+    @`inline` private def done: Boolean = index >= len
+    private def advance(): String = {
+      val start = index
+      while (!done && !isLineBreak(string.charAt(index))) index += 1
+      val end = index
+      if (!done) {
+        val c = string.charAt(index)
+        index += 1
+        if (!done && isWindowsLineBreak(c, string.charAt(index))) index += 1
+      }
+      string.substring(start, end)
+    }
+  }
+
   /** Produces the value of a block string from its parsed raw value, similar to Coffeescript's
     * block string, Python's docstring trim or Ruby's strip_heredoc.
     *
diff --git a/modules/core/src/test/scala/sangria/renderer/QueryRendererSpec.scala b/modules/core/src/test/scala/sangria/renderer/QueryRendererSpec.scala
index 7d234a7c..198d560e 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/test/scala/sangria/renderer/QueryRendererSpec.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/test/scala/sangria/renderer/QueryRendererSpec.scala
@@ -987,6 +987,53 @@ class QueryRendererSpec extends AnyWordSpec with Matchers with StringMatchers {
             |  # se
             |}""".stripMargin)(after.being(strippedOfCarriageReturns))
       }
+
+      "renders comments with various line separators correctly" in {
+        val simpleType = sangria.schema.ObjectType[Unit, Unit](
+          name = "SimpleType",
+          description = "A simple object type.",
+          fields = sangria.schema.fields[Unit, Unit](
+            sangria.schema.Field(
+              name = "value",
+              description = Some(
+                "A field with a multi-line description that contains different line breaks.\n" +
+                  "LF:\n\n" +
+                  "CRLF:\r\n\r\n" +
+                  "CR:\r\r" +
+                  "Empty lines above should have no indentation when rendered."),
+              fieldType = sangria.schema.StringType,
+              resolve = _ => "theValue"
+            )
+          )
+        )
+
+        val compactRendered =
+          QueryRenderer.render(simpleType.toAst, QueryRenderer.Compact)
+        val prettyRendered =
+          QueryRenderer.render(simpleType.toAst, QueryRenderer.Pretty)
+
+        compactRendered should equal(
+          """"A simple object type." type SimpleType {"A field with a multi-line description that contains different line breaks.\nLF:\n\nCRLF:\r\n\r\nCR:\r\rEmpty lines above should have no indentation when rendered." value:String!}""")
+
+        prettyRendered.replace(" ", "_") should equal(
+          Seq(
+            "\"A simple object type.\"",
+            "type SimpleType {",
+            "  \"\"\"",
+            "  A field with a multi-line description that contains different line breaks.",
+            "  LF:",
+            "",
+            "  CRLF:",
+            "",
+            "  CR:",
+            "",
+            "  Empty lines above should have no indentation when rendered.",
+            "  \"\"\"",
+            "  value: String!",
+            "}"
+          ).mkString("\n").replace(" ", "_")
+        )(after.being(strippedOfCarriageReturns))
+      }
     }
   }
 }