diff --git a/libs/minikin/LineBreaker.cpp b/libs/minikin/LineBreaker.cpp
index f4201cb26b7..88190fff6f5 100644
--- a/libs/minikin/LineBreaker.cpp
+++ b/libs/minikin/LineBreaker.cpp
@@ -84,11 +84,12 @@ void LineBreaker::setIndents(const std::vector<float>& indents) {
 }
 
 // This function determines whether a character is a space that disappears at end of line.
-// It is the Unicode set: [[:General_Category=Space_Separator:]-[:Line_Break=Glue:]]
+// It is the Unicode set: [[:General_Category=Space_Separator:]-[:Line_Break=Glue:]],
+// plus '\n'.
 // Note: all such characters are in the BMP, so it's ok to use code units for this.
 static bool isLineEndSpace(uint16_t c) {
-    return c == ' ' || c == 0x1680 || (0x2000 <= c && c <= 0x200A && c != 0x2007) || c == 0x205F ||
-            c == 0x3000;
+    return c == '\n' || c == ' ' || c == 0x1680 || (0x2000 <= c && c <= 0x200A && c != 0x2007) ||
+            c == 0x205F || c == 0x3000;
 }
 
 // Ordinarily, this method measures the text in the range given. However, when paint