diff --git a/plugin.go b/plugin.go
index 2a79cd1..18e26e6 100644
--- a/plugin.go
+++ b/plugin.go
@@ -207,11 +207,12 @@ func (p Plugin) scriptCommands() []string {
 	commands := make([]string, 0)
 
 	for _, cmd := range scripts {
+		cmd = strings.TrimSpace(cmd)
 		if strings.TrimSpace(cmd) == "" {
 			continue
 		}
 		commands = append(commands, cmd)
-		if p.Config.ScriptStop {
+		if p.Config.ScriptStop && cmd[(len(cmd)-1):] != "\\" {
 			commands = append(commands, "DRONE_SSH_PREV_COMMAND_EXIT_CODE=$? ; if [ $DRONE_SSH_PREV_COMMAND_EXIT_CODE -ne 0 ]; then exit $DRONE_SSH_PREV_COMMAND_EXIT_CODE; fi;")
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/plugin_test.go b/plugin_test.go
index 663f587..be1cf54 100644
--- a/plugin_test.go
+++ b/plugin_test.go
@@ -646,6 +646,17 @@ func TestPlugin_scriptCommands(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			want: []string{"mkdir a", "DRONE_SSH_PREV_COMMAND_EXIT_CODE=$? ; if [ $DRONE_SSH_PREV_COMMAND_EXIT_CODE -ne 0 ]; then exit $DRONE_SSH_PREV_COMMAND_EXIT_CODE; fi;", "mkdir c", "DRONE_SSH_PREV_COMMAND_EXIT_CODE=$? ; if [ $DRONE_SSH_PREV_COMMAND_EXIT_CODE -ne 0 ]; then exit $DRONE_SSH_PREV_COMMAND_EXIT_CODE; fi;", "mkdir b", "DRONE_SSH_PREV_COMMAND_EXIT_CODE=$? ; if [ $DRONE_SSH_PREV_COMMAND_EXIT_CODE -ne 0 ]; then exit $DRONE_SSH_PREV_COMMAND_EXIT_CODE; fi;"},
 		},
+		// See: https://github.com/appleboy/ssh-action/issues/75#issuecomment-668314271
+		{
+			name: "Multiline SSH commands interpreted as single lines",
+			fields: fields{
+				Config: Config{
+					Script:     []string{"ls \\ ", "-lah", "mkdir a"},
+					ScriptStop: true,
+				},
+			},
+			want: []string{"ls \\", "-lah", "DRONE_SSH_PREV_COMMAND_EXIT_CODE=$? ; if [ $DRONE_SSH_PREV_COMMAND_EXIT_CODE -ne 0 ]; then exit $DRONE_SSH_PREV_COMMAND_EXIT_CODE; fi;", "mkdir a", "DRONE_SSH_PREV_COMMAND_EXIT_CODE=$? ; if [ $DRONE_SSH_PREV_COMMAND_EXIT_CODE -ne 0 ]; then exit $DRONE_SSH_PREV_COMMAND_EXIT_CODE; fi;"},
+		},
 		{
 			name: "trim space",
 			fields: fields{