diff --git a/mopidy/frontends/mpd/__init__.py b/mopidy/frontends/mpd/__init__.py
index 8b6d3770..78742ed5 100644
--- a/mopidy/frontends/mpd/__init__.py
+++ b/mopidy/frontends/mpd/__init__.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ class MpdSession(network.LineProtocol):
 
     terminator = protocol.LINE_TERMINATOR
     encoding = protocol.ENCODING
+    delimeter = r'\r?\n'
 
     def __init__(self, connection):
         super(MpdSession, self).__init__(connection)