diff --git a/plugin/syntastic.vim b/plugin/syntastic.vim
index 3af2204b..20bf7ac3 100644
--- a/plugin/syntastic.vim
+++ b/plugin/syntastic.vim
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ function! SyntasticMake(options)
 
     let $LC_MESSAGES = 'C'
     let $LC_ALL = ''
-    let err_lines = system(a:options['makeprg'])
+    let err_lines = split(system(a:options['makeprg']), "\n", 1)
     let $LC_ALL = old_lc_all
     let $LC_MESSAGES = old_lc_messages