diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/antlr/sql-script.g b/hibernate-core/src/main/antlr/sql-script.g
index 9aba884a02..3a26ed6cfd 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/antlr/sql-script.g
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/antlr/sql-script.g
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ script
     ;
 
 statement
-	: { statementStarted(); } (statementPart)*  DELIMITER { statementEnded(); }
+	: { statementStarted(); } (statementPart)* DELIMITER (WS_CHAR)* { statementEnded(); }
 	;
 
 statementPart
@@ -71,8 +71,11 @@ quotedString
 	;
 
 nonSkippedChar
-	: c:CHAR {
-   		out( c );
+	: w:WS_CHAR {
+   		out( w );
+   	}
+   	| o:OTHER_CHAR {
+   		out( o );
    	}
 	;
 
@@ -105,18 +108,13 @@ QUOTED_TEXT
 protected
 ESCqs :	'\'' '\'' ;
 
-CHAR
-	: ( ' ' | '\t' ) => ( ' ' | '\t' )
-    | ~( ';' | '\n' | '\r' )
+WS_CHAR
+	: ' '
+	| '\t'
+	| ( "\r\n" | '\r' | '\n' ) {newline();}
     ;
 
-NEWLINE
-	: ( '\r' | '\n' | '\r''\n' ) {
-		newline();
-		// skip the entire match from the lexer stream
-		$setType( Token.SKIP );
-	}
-	;
+OTHER_CHAR	: ~( ';' | ' ' | '\t' | '\n' | '\r' );
 
 LINE_COMMENT
 	// match `//` or `--` followed by anything other than \n or \r until NEWLINE
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/fileimport/MultiLineImportExtractorTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/fileimport/MultiLineImportExtractorTest.java
index 6df672a746..d1d4aa08a1 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/fileimport/MultiLineImportExtractorTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/fileimport/MultiLineImportExtractorTest.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class MultiLineImportExtractorTest {
 
 				assertThat( commands[1], is( "INSERT INTO test_data VALUES (1, 'sample')" ) );
 
-				assertThat( commands[2], is( "DELETE  FROM test_data" ) );
+				assertThat( commands[2], is( "DELETE\n  FROM test_data" ) );
 
 				assertThat( commands[3], startsWith( "INSERT INTO test_data VALUES (2," ) );
 				assertThat( commands[3], containsString( "-- line 2" ) );
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class MultiLineImportExtractorTest {
 				assertThat( commands[4], startsWith( "INSERT INTO test_data VALUES (3" ) );
 				assertThat( commands[4], not( containsString( "third record" ) ) );
 
-				assertThat( commands[5], containsString( "INSERT INTO test_data (id, text)" ) );
+				assertThat( commands[5], startsWith( "INSERT INTO test_data\nVALUES\n" ) );
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/org/hibernate/test/fileimport/multi-line-statements.sql b/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/org/hibernate/test/fileimport/multi-line-statements.sql
index 27a0fabd2f..c569d45b82 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/org/hibernate/test/fileimport/multi-line-statements.sql
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/org/hibernate/test/fileimport/multi-line-statements.sql
@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@ INSERT INTO test_data VALUES (2, 'Multi-line comment line 1
 -- INSERT INTO test_data VALUES (1, NULL);
 
 INSERT INTO test_data VALUES (3 /* 'third record' */, NULL /* value */); -- with NULL value
-INSERT INTO test_data (id, text)
-     VALUES
-          (
-            4 -- another record
-          , NULL
-          );
+INSERT INTO test_data
+VALUES
+	(
+    	4 -- another record
+     	, NULL
+    );
+-- comment;
+-- comment;
+
+
 
--- comment;
--- comment;