diff --git a/lib/repl.js b/lib/repl.js
index 3379477672..ffe2b77e46 100644
--- a/lib/repl.js
+++ b/lib/repl.js
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ function REPLServer(prompt, stream) {
           // It could also be an error from JSON.parse
           } else if (e &&
                      e.stack &&
-                     e.stack.match('Unexpected token ILLEGAL') &&
-                     e.stack.match(/Object.parse \(native\)/)) {
+                     e.stack.match(/^SyntaxError: Unexpected token .*\n/) &&
+                     e.stack.match(/\n    at Object.parse \(native\)\n/)) {
             throw e;
           }
         }