diff --git a/run_test.go b/run_test.go
index 855a5e5..751d08e 100644
--- a/run_test.go
+++ b/run_test.go
@@ -245,3 +245,33 @@ func bufErrorPipe(t *testing.T) (io.ReadCloser, func()) {
 		os.Stderr = stderr
 	}
 }
+
+func TestFeatureFilePathParser(t *testing.T) {
+
+	type Case struct {
+		input string
+		path  string
+		line  int
+	}
+
+	cases := []Case{
+		{"/home/test.feature", "/home/test.feature", -1},
+		{"/home/test.feature:21", "/home/test.feature", 21},
+		{"test.feature", "test.feature", -1},
+		{"test.feature:2", "test.feature", 2},
+		{"", "", -1},
+		{"/c:/home/test.feature", "/c:/home/test.feature", -1},
+		{"/c:/home/test.feature:3", "/c:/home/test.feature", 3},
+		{"D:\\home\\test.feature:3", "D:\\home\\test.feature", 3},
+	}
+
+	for i, c := range cases {
+		p, ln := extractFeaturePathLine(c.input)
+		if p != c.path {
+			t.Fatalf(`result path "%s" != "%s" at %d`, p, c.path, i)
+		}
+		if ln != c.line {
+			t.Fatalf(`result line "%d" != "%d" at %d`, ln, c.line, i)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/suite.go b/suite.go
index cf80064..4230945 100644
--- a/suite.go
+++ b/suite.go
@@ -617,21 +617,27 @@ func (s *Suite) printStepDefinitions(w io.Writer) {
 	}
 }
 
+var pathLineRe = regexp.MustCompile(`:([\d]+)$`)
+
+func extractFeaturePathLine(p string) (string, int) {
+	line := -1
+	retPath := p
+	if m := pathLineRe.FindStringSubmatch(p); len(m) > 0 {
+		if i, err := strconv.Atoi(m[1]); err == nil {
+			line = i
+			retPath = p[:strings.LastIndexByte(p, ':')]
+		}
+	}
+	return retPath, line
+}
+
 func parseFeatures(filter string, paths []string) ([]*feature, error) {
 	byPath := make(map[string]*feature)
 	var order int
 	for _, pat := range paths {
 		// check if line number is specified
-		parts := strings.Split(pat, ":")
-		path := parts[0]
-		line := -1
+		path, line := extractFeaturePathLine(pat)
 		var err error
-		if len(parts) > 1 {
-			line, err = strconv.Atoi(parts[1])
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("line number should follow after colon path delimiter")
-			}
-		}
 		// parse features
 		err = filepath.Walk(path, func(p string, f os.FileInfo, err error) error {
 			if err == nil && !f.IsDir() && strings.HasSuffix(p, ".feature") {