diff --git a/openerp/tools/yaml_import.py b/openerp/tools/yaml_import.py
index 51f7a84bb38..8f37b3e7f53 100644
--- a/openerp/tools/yaml_import.py
+++ b/openerp/tools/yaml_import.py
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ class YamlInterpreter(object):
 
                     if not el.attrib.get('on_change', False):
                         continue
-                    match = re.match("([a-z_1-9A-Z]+)\((.*)\)", el.attrib['on_change'])
+                    match = re.match("([a-z_1-9A-Z]+)\((.*)\)", el.attrib['on_change'], re.DOTALL)
                     assert match, "Unable to parse the on_change '%s'!" % (el.attrib['on_change'], )
 
                     # creating the context