diff --git a/git-p4.py b/git-p4.py
index f427bf6299..b66f68bdb4 100755
--- a/git-p4.py
+++ b/git-p4.py
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ def gitConfigInt(key):
 def gitConfigList(key):
     if not _gitConfig.has_key(key):
         s = read_pipe(["git", "config", "--get-all", key], ignore_error=True)
-        _gitConfig[key] = s.strip().split(os.linesep)
+        _gitConfig[key] = s.strip().splitlines()
         if _gitConfig[key] == ['']:
             _gitConfig[key] = []
     return _gitConfig[key]