diff --git a/terminal.go b/terminal.go
index dd7378c..d1b4fca 100644
--- a/terminal.go
+++ b/terminal.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package terminal
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"io"
+	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync"
 	"unicode/utf8"
@@ -939,6 +940,8 @@ func (s *stRingBuffer) NthPreviousEntry(n int) (value string, ok bool) {
 // readPasswordLine reads from reader until it finds \n or io.EOF.
 // The slice returned does not include the \n.
 // readPasswordLine also ignores any \r it finds.
+// Windows uses \r as end of line. So, on Windows, readPasswordLine
+// reads until it finds \r and ignores any \n it finds during processing.
 func readPasswordLine(reader io.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
 	var buf [1]byte
 	var ret []byte
@@ -952,9 +955,15 @@ func readPasswordLine(reader io.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
 					ret = ret[:len(ret)-1]
 				}
 			case '\n':
-				return ret, nil
+				if runtime.GOOS != "windows" {
+					return ret, nil
+				}
+				// otherwise ignore \n
 			case '\r':
-				// remove \r from passwords on Windows
+				if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+					return ret, nil
+				}
+				// otherwise ignore \r
 			default:
 				ret = append(ret, buf[0])
 			}
diff --git a/terminal_test.go b/terminal_test.go
index 4e7a0c6..2a2facc 100644
--- a/terminal_test.go
+++ b/terminal_test.go
@@ -323,18 +323,32 @@ func TestTerminalSetSize(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestReadPasswordLineEnd(t *testing.T) {
-	var tests = []struct {
+	type testType struct {
 		input string
 		want  string
-	}{
-		{"\n", ""},
+	}
+	var tests = []testType{
 		{"\r\n", ""},
 		{"test\r\n", "test"},
+		{"test\r", "test"},
+		{"test\n", "test"},
 		{"testtesttesttes\n", "testtesttesttes"},
 		{"testtesttesttes\r\n", "testtesttesttes"},
 		{"testtesttesttesttest\n", "testtesttesttesttest"},
 		{"testtesttesttesttest\r\n", "testtesttesttesttest"},
+		{"\btest", "test"},
+		{"t\best", "est"},
+		{"te\bst", "tst"},
+		{"test\b", "tes"},
+		{"test\b\r\n", "tes"},
+		{"test\b\n", "tes"},
+		{"test\b\r", "tes"},
 	}
+	eol := "\n"
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		eol = "\r"
+	}
+	tests = append(tests, testType{eol, ""})
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
 		if _, err := buf.WriteString(test.input); err != nil {