diff --git a/plugins/asterisk/asterisk b/plugins/asterisk/asterisk
index e6581e11..75a203ed 100755
--- a/plugins/asterisk/asterisk
+++ b/plugins/asterisk/asterisk
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ sub asterisk_command {
 
   # Response: (Error|Follows|???)
   $line = $socket->getline;
-  if ($line ne "Response: Follows\r\n") {
-    while ( $line = $socket->getline and $line ne "\r\n" ) {}
+  if ($line !~ /^Response: Follows\r?\n$/) {
+    while ( $line = $socket->getline and $line !~ /^\r?\n$/ ) {}
     return undef;
   }
 
@@ -94,12 +94,12 @@ sub asterisk_command {
   $line = $socket->getline;
 
   # Until we get the --END COMMAND-- marker, it's the command's output.
-  while ( $line = $socket->getline and $line ne "--END COMMAND--\r\n" ) {
+  while ( $line = $socket->getline and $line !~ /^--END COMMAND--\r?\n$/ ) {
     $reply .= $line;
   }
 
   # And then wait for the empty line that says we're done
-  while ( $line = $socket->getline and $line ne "\r\n" ) {}
+  while ( $line = $socket->getline and $line !~ /^\r?\n$/ ) {}
 
   return $reply;
 }
@@ -130,13 +130,13 @@ if ( $socket ) {
   $socket->print("Action: login\nUsername: $username\nSecret: $secret\nEvents: off\n\n");
   my $response_status = $socket->getline;
 
-  if ( $response_status ne "Response: Success\r\n" ) {
+  if ( $response_status !~ /^Response: Success\r?\n$/ ) {
     my $response_message = $socket->getline;
-    $response_message =~ s/Message: (.*)\r\n/$1/;
+    $response_message =~ s/Message: (.*)\r?\n/$1/;
     $error = "Asterisk authentication error: " . $response_message;
   }
 
-  while ( $line = $socket->getline and $line ne "\r\n" ) {}
+  while ( $line = $socket->getline and $line !~ /^\r?\n$/ ) {}
 }
 
 if ( $ARGV[0] and $ARGV[0] eq 'autoconf' ) {
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ my $iaxchannels_response = asterisk_command($socket, "iax2 show channels");
 $socket->close();
 
 my $active_channels = 'U';
-$active_channels = $1 if $channels_response =~ /\n([0-9]+) active channels/;
+$active_channels = $1 if $channels_response =~ /\n([0-9]+) active channels?/;
 
 print <<END;
 
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ multigraph asterisk_channels
 total.value $active_channels
 END
 
-my @channels_list = split(/\r\n/, $channels_response) if $channels_response;
+my @channels_list = split(/\r?\n/, $channels_response) if $channels_response;
 foreach my $channel (@CHANNELS) {
   print "$channel.value ";
   print $channels_response ? scalar(grep(/^$channel\//, @channels_list)) : "U";
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ if ( !$voicemail_response or $voicemail_response =~ /no voicemail users/ ) {
   print "total.value U\n";
 } else {
   my $messages = 0;
-  foreach my $line (split(/\r\n/, $voicemail_response)) {
+  foreach my $line (split(/\r?\n/, $voicemail_response)) {
     next unless $line =~ / ([0-9]+)$/;
     $messages += $1;
   }
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ users.value 0
 conferences.value 0
 END
   } else {
-    my @meetme_list = split(/\r\n/, $meetme_response);
+    my @meetme_list = split(/\r?\n/, $meetme_response);
 
     my $users = pop(@meetme_list);
     $users =~ s/^Total number of MeetMe users: ([0-9]+)$/$1/;
@@ -320,9 +320,9 @@ END
   }
 
   # split the channels' listing and drop header and footnotes
-  my @sipchannels = $sipchannels_response ? split(/\r\n|\n/, $sipchannels_response) : ();
+  my @sipchannels = $sipchannels_response ? split(/\r?\n/, $sipchannels_response) : ();
   pop(@sipchannels); shift(@sipchannels);
-  my @iaxchannels = $iaxchannels_response ? split(/\r\n|\n/, $iaxchannels_response) : ();
+  my @iaxchannels = $iaxchannels_response ? split(/\r?\n/, $iaxchannels_response) : ();
   pop(@iaxchannels); shift(@iaxchannels);
 
   $i = 0;