diff --git a/history-sync.plugin.zsh b/history-sync.plugin.zsh
index 2e105dd..4be638f 100644
--- a/history-sync.plugin.zsh
+++ b/history-sync.plugin.zsh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ alias zhsync="history_sync_pull && history_sync_push"
 
 GIT=$(which git)
 GPG=$(which gpg)
+SED_VERSION=$(sed --version 2>&1)
 
 ZSH_HISTORY_PROJ="${ZSH_HISTORY_PROJ:-${HOME}/.zsh_history_proj}"
 ZSH_HISTORY_FILE_NAME="${ZSH_HISTORY_FILE_NAME:-.zsh_history}"
@@ -92,9 +93,13 @@ function _squash_multiline_commands_in_files() {
             && mv "${TMP_FILE_2}" "${TMP_FILE_1}"
 
         # Replace all \n with a sequence of symbols
-        SED ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/'" ${NL_REPLACEMENT} "'/g' \
-            "${TMP_FILE_1}" > "${TMP_FILE_2}" \
-            && mv "${TMP_FILE_2}" "${TMP_FILE_1}"
+        if [[ $SED_VERSION == *"GNU"* ]]; then
+          SED ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/'" ${NL_REPLACEMENT} "'/g' \
+              "${TMP_FILE_1}" > "${TMP_FILE_2}"
+        else
+          # Assume BSD `sed`
+          perl -0777 -pe 's/\n/'"${NL_REPLACEMENT}"'/g' "${TMP_FILE_1}" > "${TMP_FILE_2}"
+        mv "${TMP_FILE_2}" "${TMP_FILE_1}"
 
         # Replace first line anchor by \n
         SED "s/${FIRST_LINE_ANCHOR} \(: [0-9]\{1,10\}:[0-9]\+;\)/\n\1/g" \