diff --git a/src/ORM/Queries/SQLConditionalExpression.php b/src/ORM/Queries/SQLConditionalExpression.php
index 03cc577582a..d128124b5fb 100644
--- a/src/ORM/Queries/SQLConditionalExpression.php
+++ b/src/ORM/Queries/SQLConditionalExpression.php
@@ -802,6 +802,6 @@ public function toUpdate()
      */
     public static function getJoinRegex(): string
     {
-        return '/JOIN +.*? +(AS|ON|USING\(?) +/i';
+        return '/JOIN\s+.*?\s+(AS|ON|USING\(?)\s+/is';
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/php/ORM/DBQueryBuilderTest.php b/tests/php/ORM/DBQueryBuilderTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b3cb4eaef67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/php/ORM/DBQueryBuilderTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace SilverStripe\ORM\Tests;
+
+use SilverStripe\Dev\SapphireTest;
+use SilverStripe\ORM\Connect\DBQueryBuilder;
+use SilverStripe\ORM\Queries\SQLSelect;
+
+class DBQueryBuilderTest extends SapphireTest
+{
+    protected $usesDatabase = false;
+
+    public function testMultilineJoin()
+    {
+        $join = <<<JOIN
+        INNER JOIN
+        (SELECT DISTINCT "SiteTreeLink"."ClassName", "SiteTreeLink"."LastEdited", "SiteTreeLink"."Created", "SiteTreeLink"."LinkedID",
+        "SiteTreeLink"."ParentID", "SiteTreeLink"."ParentClass", "SiteTreeLink"."ID" FROM "SiteTreeLink")
+        AS "SiteTreeLink" ON "SiteTreeLink"."LinkedID" = "SiteTree"."ID"
+        JOIN;
+        $select = new SQLSelect('*', ['SomeTable', $join]);
+        $builder = new DBQueryBuilder();
+
+        $params = [];
+        $this->assertSame('FROM SomeTable ' . $join, trim($builder->buildFromFragment($select, $params)));
+    }
+}