diff --git a/src/data.js b/src/data.js
index f51a3e520..e5c3df698 100644
--- a/src/data.js
+++ b/src/data.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-var rbrace = /^(?:\{.*\}|\[.*\])$/,
+var rbrace = /(?:\{[\s\S]*\}|\[[\s\S]*\])$/,
 	rmultiDash = /([A-Z])/g;
 
 jQuery.extend({
diff --git a/test/unit/data.js b/test/unit/data.js
index 7f4ad6c36..765aefcd2 100644
--- a/test/unit/data.js
+++ b/test/unit/data.js
@@ -646,5 +646,12 @@ test( "Only check element attributes once when calling .data() - #8909", functio
 
 	// clean up data cache
 	element.remove();
-
 });
+
+test( "JSON data- attributes can have newlines", function() {
+	expect(1);
+	
+	var x = jQuery("<div data-some='{\n\"foo\":\n\t\"bar\"\n}'></div>");
+	equal( x.data("some").foo, "bar", "got a JSON data- attribute with spaces" );
+	x.remove();
+});
\ No newline at end of file