diff --git a/core/modules/parsers/parseutils.js b/core/modules/parsers/parseutils.js
index baf1f93bf..d64759065 100644
--- a/core/modules/parsers/parseutils.js
+++ b/core/modules/parsers/parseutils.js
@@ -99,11 +99,13 @@ exports.parseStringLiteral = function(source,pos) {
 		type: "string",
 		start: pos
 	};
-	var reString = /(?:"([^"]*)")|(?:'([^']*)')/g;
+	var reString = /(?:"""([\s\S]*?)"""|"([^"]*)")|(?:'([^']*)')/g;
 	reString.lastIndex = pos;
 	var match = reString.exec(source);
 	if(match && match.index === pos) {
-		node.value = match[1] === undefined ? match[2] : match[1];
+		node.value = match[1] !== undefined ? match[1] :(
+			match[2] !== undefined ? match[2] : match[3] 
+					);
 		node.end = pos + match[0].length;
 		return node;
 	} else {
@@ -134,7 +136,9 @@ exports.parseMacroParameter = function(source,pos) {
 					token.match[3] !== undefined ? token.match[3] : (
 						token.match[4] !== undefined ? token.match[4] : (
 							token.match[5] !== undefined ? token.match[5] : (
-								""
+								token.match[6] !== undefined ? token.match[6] : (
+									""
+								)
 							)
 						)
 					)
diff --git a/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/rules/macrocallblock.js b/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/rules/macrocallblock.js
index 2a23ed777..d99c15a6c 100644
--- a/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/rules/macrocallblock.js
+++ b/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/rules/macrocallblock.js
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ exports.parse = function() {
 	// Move past the macro call
 	this.parser.pos = this.matchRegExp.lastIndex;
 	var params = [],
-		reParam = /\s*(?:([A-Za-z0-9\-_]+)\s*:)?(?:\s*(?:"([^"]*)"|'([^']*)'|\[\[([^\]]*)\]\]|([^"'\s]+)))/mg,
+		reParam = /\s*(?:([A-Za-z0-9\-_]+)\s*:)?(?:\s*(?:"""([\s\S]*?)"""|"([^"]*)"|'([^']*)'|\[\[([^\]]*)\]\]|([^"'\s]+)))/mg,
 		paramMatch = reParam.exec(paramString);
 	while(paramMatch) {
 		// Process this parameter
 		var paramInfo = {
-			value: paramMatch[2] || paramMatch[3] || paramMatch[4] || paramMatch[5]
+			value: paramMatch[2] || paramMatch[3] || paramMatch[4] || paramMatch[5] || paramMatch[6]
 		};
 		if(paramMatch[1]) {
 			paramInfo.name = paramMatch[1];
diff --git a/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/rules/macrocallinline.js b/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/rules/macrocallinline.js
index 54b953339..6e96d45b7 100644
--- a/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/rules/macrocallinline.js
+++ b/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/rules/macrocallinline.js
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ exports.parse = function() {
 	// Move past the macro call
 	this.parser.pos = this.matchRegExp.lastIndex;
 	var params = [],
-		reParam = /\s*(?:([A-Za-z0-9\-_]+)\s*:)?(?:\s*(?:"([^"]*)"|'([^']*)'|\[\[([^\]]*)\]\]|([^"'\s]+)))/mg,
+		reParam = /\s*(?:([A-Za-z0-9\-_]+)\s*:)?(?:\s*(?:"""([\s\S]*?)"""|"([^"]*)"|'([^']*)'|\[\[([^\]]*)\]\]|([^"'\s]+)))/mg,
 		paramMatch = reParam.exec(paramString);
 	while(paramMatch) {
 		// Process this parameter
 		var paramInfo = {
-			value: paramMatch[2] || paramMatch[3] || paramMatch[4] || paramMatch[5]
+			value: paramMatch[2] || paramMatch[3] || paramMatch[4] || paramMatch[5]|| paramMatch[6]
 		};
 		if(paramMatch[1]) {
 			paramInfo.name = paramMatch[1];
diff --git a/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/rules/macrodef.js b/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/rules/macrodef.js
index fa91c50a6..7c4094b96 100644
--- a/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/rules/macrodef.js
+++ b/core/modules/parsers/wikiparser/rules/macrodef.js
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ exports.parse = function() {
 	var paramString = this.match[2],
 		params = [];
 	if(paramString !== "") {
-		var reParam = /\s*([A-Za-z0-9\-_]+)(?:\s*:\s*(?:"([^"]*)"|'([^']*)'|\[\[([^\]]*)\]\]|([^"'\s]+)))?/mg,
+		var reParam = /\s*([A-Za-z0-9\-_]+)(?:\s*:\s*(?:"""([\s\S]*?)"""|"([^"]*)"|'([^']*)'|\[\[([^\]]*)\]\]|([^"'\s]+)))?/mg,
 			paramMatch = reParam.exec(paramString);
 		while(paramMatch) {
 			// Save the parameter details
 			var paramInfo = {name: paramMatch[1]},
-				defaultValue = paramMatch[2] || paramMatch[3] || paramMatch[4] || paramMatch[5];
+				defaultValue = paramMatch[2] || paramMatch[3] || paramMatch[4] || paramMatch[5] || paramMatch[6];
 			if(defaultValue) {
 				paramInfo["default"] = defaultValue;
 			}