diff --git a/fleet/v1/objects/unit.py b/fleet/v1/objects/unit.py
index 114c742..a7a0edb 100644
--- a/fleet/v1/objects/unit.py
+++ b/fleet/v1/objects/unit.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def _set_options_from_file(self, file_handle):
         """
 
         # TODO: Find a library to handle this unit file parsing
-        # Can't use configparser, it doesn't handle multiple entries for the same key in the same sectoin
+        # Can't use configparser, it doesn't handle multiple entries for the same key in the same section
         # This is terribly naive
 
         # build our output here
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ def _set_options_from_file(self, file_handle):
             line_number += 1
 
             # clear any extra white space
+            orig_line = line
             line = line.strip()
 
             # ignore comments, and blank lines
@@ -183,8 +184,25 @@ def _set_options_from_file(self, file_handle):
                     ))
 
             # Attempt to parse a line inside a section
-            # Lines should look like: name=value
+            # Lines should look like: name=value \
+            # continuation
+            continuation = False
             try:
+                    # if the previous value ends with \ then we are a continuation
+                    # so remove the \, and set the flag so we'll append to this below
+                    if options[-1]['value'].endswith('\\'):
+                        options[-1]['value'] = options[-1]['value'][:-1]
+                        continuation = True
+            except IndexError:
+                    pass
+
+            try:
+                # if we are a continuation, then just append our value to the previous line
+                if continuation:
+                    options[-1]['value'] += orig_line
+                    continue
+
+                # else we are a normal line, so spit and get our name / value
                 name, value = line.split('=', 1)
                 options.append({
                     'section': section,
@@ -194,7 +212,7 @@ def _set_options_from_file(self, file_handle):
             except ValueError:
                 raise ValueError(
                     'Unable to parse unit file; '
-                    'Malformed line in section {0}: {1} (line: {2}'.format(
+                    'Malformed line in section {0}: {1} (line: {2})'.format(
                         section,
                         line,
                         line_number
diff --git a/fleet/v1/tests/test_unit.py b/fleet/v1/tests/test_unit.py
index b7f2f9f..fb1bdab 100644
--- a/fleet/v1/tests/test_unit.py
+++ b/fleet/v1/tests/test_unit.py
@@ -101,6 +101,21 @@ def test2():
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, test)
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, test2)
 
+    def test_from_string_continuation_good(self):
+        """When parsing unit files, line continuation with a trailing backslash works"""
+        unit = Unit(from_string="[Section]\nThisLine=The start of \\\nsomething very\\\n long and boring\n")
+
+        # test options (this should match the string above)
+        test_options = [
+            {
+                'section': 'Section',
+                'name': 'ThisLine',
+                'value': 'The start of something very long and boring'
+            }
+        ]
+
+        assert unit.options == test_options
+
     def test_options_no_desired_state(self):
         """Setting options explicitly works"""
         test_options = [{'section': 'Service', 'name': 'ExecStart', 'value': '/usr/bin/sleep 1d'}]