diff --git a/lang/basic/src/basic.lex b/lang/basic/src/basic.lex
index 39d87e9ff..fc6dd34d6 100644
--- a/lang/basic/src/basic.lex
+++ b/lang/basic/src/basic.lex
@@ -572,6 +572,7 @@ int yylex(void)
 		/* handle double operators */
 		case ' ':
 		case '\t':
+		case '\r':
 			cptr++;
 			return(yylex());
 		case '&':
diff --git a/lang/basic/src/build.lua b/lang/basic/src/build.lua
index 3f09611fa..24f38da81 100644
--- a/lang/basic/src/build.lua
+++ b/lang/basic/src/build.lua
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ cprogram {
 		"./symbols.h",
 		"./util.h",
 		"./yylexp.h",
+		"./basic.lex",
 		"+llgen",
 		"+tokentab_h",
 		"h+emheaders",