diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/util/data.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/util/data.rb
index 8780e609..ec41532e 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/util/data.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/util/data.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ module Middleman::Util::Data
       (?<start>[-;]{3})[ ]*\r?\n
       (?<frontmatter>.*?)[ ]*\r?\n?
       (?<stop>^[-.;]{3})[ ]*\r?\n?
+      \r?\n?
       (?<additional_content>.*)
     /mx =~ content