diff --git a/Lib/urllib.py b/Lib/urllib.py
index c3c8ef4..d85504a 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib.py
@@ -1093,8 +1093,7 @@
     """splithost('//host[:port]/path') --> 'host[:port]', '/path'."""
     global _hostprog
     if _hostprog is None:
-        import re
-        _hostprog = re.compile('^//([^/?]*)(.*)$')
+        _hostprog = re.compile('//([^/#?]*)(.*)', re.DOTALL)
 
     match = _hostprog.match(url)
     if match: