diff --git a/database/postgres/postgres.go b/database/postgres/postgres.go
index d4d8ea6..25e06b6 100644
--- a/database/postgres/postgres.go
+++ b/database/postgres/postgres.go
@@ -175,9 +175,7 @@ func (p *Postgres) Run(migration io.Reader) error {
 			var lineColOK bool
 			if pgErr.Position != "" {
 				if pos, err := strconv.ParseUint(pgErr.Position, 10, 64); err == nil {
-					if line, col, ok = computeLineFromPos(query, uint(pos)); ok {
-						lineColOK = true
-					}
+					line, col, lineColOK = computeLineFromPos(query, int(pos))
 				}
 			}
 			message := fmt.Sprintf("migration failed: %s", pgErr.Message)
@@ -195,25 +193,39 @@ func (p *Postgres) Run(migration io.Reader) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func computeLineFromPos(s string, pos uint) (uint, uint, bool) {
-	newLine := "\n"
-	if i := strings.Index(s, "\r\n"); i >= 0 {
-		newLine = "\r\n"
+func computeLineFromPos(s string, pos int) (line uint, col uint, ok bool) {
+	// replace crlf with lf
+	s = strings.Replace(s, "\r\n", "\n", -1)
+	// pg docs: pos uses index 1 for the first character, and positions are measured in characters not bytes
+	runes := []rune(s)
+	if pos > len(runes) {
+		return 0, 0, false
 	}
-	lines := strings.Split(s, newLine)
-	remaining := int(pos)
-	lineNr := 1
-	var curr int
-	for _, line := range lines {
-		lineLength := len(line)
-		curr += lineLength + 1
-		if remaining < lineLength {
-			return uint(lineNr), uint(remaining), true
+	sel := runes[:pos]
+	line = uint(runesCount(sel, newLine) + 1)
+	col = uint(pos - 1 - runesLastIndex(sel, newLine))
+	return line, col, true
+}
+
+const newLine = '\n'
+
+func runesCount(input []rune, target rune) int {
+	var count int
+	for _, r := range input {
+		if r == target {
+			count++
 		}
-		remaining -= lineLength + 1
-		lineNr++
 	}
-	return 0, 0, false
+	return count
+}
+
+func runesLastIndex(input []rune, target rune) int {
+	for i := len(input) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		if input[i] == target {
+			return i
+		}
+	}
+	return -1
 }
 
 func (p *Postgres) SetVersion(version int, dirty bool) error {
diff --git a/database/postgres/postgres_test.go b/database/postgres/postgres_test.go
index aed3d38..fced138 100644
--- a/database/postgres/postgres_test.go
+++ b/database/postgres/postgres_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	dt "github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/database/testing"
@@ -219,49 +220,80 @@ func TestPostgres_Lock(t *testing.T) {
 
 func Test_computeLineFromPos(t *testing.T) {
 	testcases := []struct {
-		pos      uint
+		pos      int
 		wantLine uint
 		wantCol  uint
 		input    string
 		wantOk   bool
 	}{
 		{
-			9, 2, 1, "foo bar\nother foo bar", true,
+			15, 2, 6, "SELECT *\nFROM foo", true, // foo table does not exists
 		},
 		{
-			9, 2, 1, "foo bar\r\nother foo bar", true,
+			16, 3, 6, "SELECT *\n\nFROM foo", true, // foo table does not exists, empty line
 		},
 		{
-			0, 1, 0, "foo bar\nother foo bar", true,
+			25, 3, 7, "SELECT *\nFROM foo\nWHERE x", true, // x column error
 		},
 		{
-			6, 1, 6, "foo bar\nother foo bar", true,
+			27, 5, 7, "SELECT *\n\nFROM foo\n\nWHERE x", true, // x column error, empty lines
 		},
 		{
-			8, 2, 0, "foo bar\nother foo bar", true,
+			10, 2, 1, "SELECT *\nFROMM foo", true, // FROMM typo
 		},
 		{
-			15, 3, 6, "foo bar\n\nother foo bar", true,
+			11, 3, 1, "SELECT *\n\nFROMM foo", true, // FROMM typo, empty line
 		},
 		{
-			15, 3, 6, "foo bar\r\n\r\nother foo bar", true,
+			17, 2, 8, "SELECT *\nFROM foo", true, // last character
 		},
 		{
-			999, 0, 0, "foo bar\nother foo bar", false,
+			18, 0, 0, "SELECT *\nFROM foo", false, // invalid position
 		},
 	}
 	for i, tc := range testcases {
 		t.Run("tc"+strconv.Itoa(i), func(t *testing.T) {
-			gotLine, gotCol, gotOK := computeLineFromPos(tc.input, tc.pos)
-			if gotOK != tc.wantOk {
-				t.Fatalf("expected ok %v but got %v", tc.wantOk, gotOK)
-			}
-			if gotLine != tc.wantLine {
-				t.Fatalf("expected line %d but got %d", tc.wantLine, gotLine)
-			}
-			if gotCol != tc.wantCol {
-				t.Fatalf("expected col %d but got %d", tc.wantCol, gotCol)
+			run := func(crlf bool, nonASCII bool) {
+				var name string
+				if crlf {
+					name = "crlf"
+				} else {
+					name = "lf"
+				}
+				if nonASCII {
+					name += "-nonascii"
+				} else {
+					name += "-ascii"
+				}
+				t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+					input := tc.input
+					if crlf {
+						input = strings.Replace(input, "\n", "\r\n", -1)
+					}
+					if nonASCII {
+						input = strings.Replace(input, "FROM", "FRÖM", -1)
+					}
+					gotLine, gotCol, gotOK := computeLineFromPos(input, tc.pos)
+
+					if tc.wantOk {
+						t.Logf("pos %d, want %d:%d, %#v", tc.pos, tc.wantLine, tc.wantCol, input)
+					}
+
+					if gotOK != tc.wantOk {
+						t.Fatalf("expected ok %v but got %v", tc.wantOk, gotOK)
+					}
+					if gotLine != tc.wantLine {
+						t.Fatalf("expected line %d but got %d", tc.wantLine, gotLine)
+					}
+					if gotCol != tc.wantCol {
+						t.Fatalf("expected col %d but got %d", tc.wantCol, gotCol)
+					}
+				})
 			}
+			run(false, false)
+			run(true, false)
+			run(false, true)
+			run(true, true)
 		})
 	}