diff --git a/packages/plugin-print/src/measure-text.js b/packages/plugin-print/src/measure-text.js
index 510b57f20..c112db53b 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-print/src/measure-text.js
+++ b/packages/plugin-print/src/measure-text.js
@@ -16,29 +16,29 @@ export function measureText(font, text) {
 }
 
 export function splitLines(font, text, maxWidth) {
-  const words = text.split(" ");
+  const words = text.replace(/[\r\n]+/g, " \n").split(" ");
+
   const lines = [];
   let currentLine = [];
   let longestLine = 0;
-
   words.forEach((word) => {
     const line = [...currentLine, word].join(" ");
     const length = measureText(font, line);
 
-    if (length <= maxWidth) {
+    const withinMaxWidth = length <= maxWidth;
+    const containsNewline = word.includes("\n");
+
+    if (withinMaxWidth && !containsNewline) {
       if (length > longestLine) {
         longestLine = length;
       }
-
       currentLine.push(word);
     } else {
       lines.push(currentLine);
-      currentLine = [word];
+      currentLine = [word.replace("\n", "")];
     }
   });
-
   lines.push(currentLine);
-
   return {
     lines,
     longestLine,
diff --git a/packages/plugin-print/test/images/with-newlines.png b/packages/plugin-print/test/images/with-newlines.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8da2d115a
Binary files /dev/null and b/packages/plugin-print/test/images/with-newlines.png differ
diff --git a/packages/plugin-print/test/print.test.js b/packages/plugin-print/test/print.test.js
index ed05e30ef..71766af0e 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-print/test/print.test.js
+++ b/packages/plugin-print/test/print.test.js
@@ -294,4 +294,17 @@ describe("Write text over image", function () {
 
     expect(height).toEqual(lineHeight);
   });
+
+  it("text with newlines, default alignment", async () => {
+    const expectedImage = await Jimp.read(
+      getTestDir(__dirname) + "/images/with-newlines.png"
+    );
+
+    const textImage = await createTextImage(100, 240, Jimp.FONT_SANS_16_BLACK, {
+      text: "This \nis only \na \ntest.",
+      maxWidth: 300,
+    });
+
+    expect(textImage.bitmap.data).toEqual(expectedImage.bitmap.data);
+  });
 });