diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 73cd8e6..0553986 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Boost V1.47.0
 - Fixed a problem in teh wave driver tool related to #pragma option(output).
   If wave was invoked in rapid succession this erroneously appended to an
   existing file instead of overwriting that file.
+- Fixed #5569: slex CONTLINE token works only for LF line endings
 
 Boost V1.46.0
 - V2.2.0
diff --git a/samples/cpp_tokens/slex/cpp_slex_lexer.hpp b/samples/cpp_tokens/slex/cpp_slex_lexer.hpp
index 6dbcea1..f07c073 100644
--- a/samples/cpp_tokens/slex/cpp_slex_lexer.hpp
+++ b/samples/cpp_tokens/slex/cpp_slex_lexer.hpp
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ lexer<IteratorT, PositionT>::init_data[INIT_DATA_SIZE] =
 #endif
     TOKEN_DATA(SPACE, "[ \t\v\f]+"),
 //    TOKEN_DATA(SPACE2, "[\\v\\f]+"),
-    TOKEN_DATA(CONTLINE, "\\" "\\n"), 
+    TOKEN_DATA(CONTLINE, Q("\\") "\n"), 
     TOKEN_DATA(NEWLINE, NEWLINEDEF),
     TOKEN_DATA(POUND_POUND, "##"),
     TOKEN_DATA(POUND_POUND_ALT, Q("%:") Q("%:")),
diff --git a/samples/cpp_tokens/slex_token.hpp b/samples/cpp_tokens/slex_token.hpp
index 0818362..8532237 100644
--- a/samples/cpp_tokens/slex_token.hpp
+++ b/samples/cpp_tokens/slex_token.hpp
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public:
         
         stream << std::setw(16) 
             << std::left << boost::wave::get_token_name(id) << " ("
-            << "#" << token_id(ID_FROM_TOKEN(*this)) 
+            << "#" << token_id(BASEID_FROM_TOKEN(*this)) 
             << ") at " << get_position().get_file() << " (" 
             << std::setw(3) << std::right << get_position().get_line() << "/" 
             << std::setw(2) << std::right << get_position().get_column()