diff --git a/lib/marked.js b/lib/marked.js
index f1d66ed4f9..5b41192d66 100644
--- a/lib/marked.js
+++ b/lib/marked.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ var block = {
 };
 
 block._label = /(?:\\[\[\]]|[^\[\]])+/;
-block._title = /(?:"(?:\\"|[^"])*"|'\n?(?:[^'\n]+\n?)*'|\([^()]*\))/;
+block._title = /(?:"(?:\\"|[^"]|"[^"\n]*")*"|'\n?(?:[^'\n]+\n?)*'|\([^()]*\))/;
 block.def = replace(block.def)
   ('label', block._label)
   ('title', block._title)