Index: example.c
===================================================================
--- example.c	(revision 28451)
+++ example.c	(revision 28452)
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 		/* split and print fields */
 		printf("Splitting '%s':\n", s);
-		argc = qparse3(s, &argv, QPARSE_DOUBLE_QUOTE | QPARSE_SINGLE_QUOTE, &cons);
+		argc = qparse3(s, &argv, QPARSE_DOUBLE_QUOTE | QPARSE_SINGLE_QUOTE | QPARSE_TERM_SEMICOLON, &cons);
 		for(n = 0; n < argc; n++)
 			printf(" [%d] '%s'\n", n, argv[n]);
 		qparse_free(argc, &argv);
Index: qparse.c
===================================================================
--- qparse.c	(revision 28451)
+++ qparse.c	(revision 28452)
@@ -112,10 +112,19 @@
 						else
 							qpush(*s);
 						break;
+
+					case ';':
+						if (flg & QPARSE_TERM_SEMICOLON)
+							goto stop;
+						qpush(*s);  /* plain ';', don't care */
+						break;
+
+					case '\n':
+					case '\r':
+						if (flg & QPARSE_TERM_NEWLINE)
+							goto stop;
 					case ' ':
 					case '\t':
-					case '\n':
-					case '\r':
 						if (flg & QPARSE_MULTISEP)
 							while(isspace(s[1])) s++;
 						qnext();
@@ -173,6 +182,8 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	stop:;
+
 	qnext();
 
 	if (buff != NULL)
Index: qparse.h
===================================================================
--- qparse.h	(revision 28451)
+++ qparse.h	(revision 28452)
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
 	QPARSE_DOUBLE_QUOTE = 1,
 	QPARSE_SINGLE_QUOTE = 2,
 	QPARSE_PAREN = 4,
-	QPARSE_MULTISEP = 8 /* multiple separators are taken as a single separator */
+	QPARSE_MULTISEP = 8,        /* multiple separators are taken as a single separator */
+	QPARSE_TERM_NEWLINE = 16,   /* terminate parsing at newline */
+	QPARSE_TERM_SEMICOLON = 32, /* terminate parsing at semicolon */
 } flags_t;
 
 int qparse2(const char *input, char **argv_ret[], flags_t flg);