diff --git a/src/plugins/export/ExportGedcom.py b/src/plugins/export/ExportGedcom.py
index e3fb77109..f2f23d3a5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/export/ExportGedcom.py
+++ b/src/plugins/export/ExportGedcom.py
@@ -270,6 +270,8 @@ class GedcomWriter(UpdateCallback):
         assert(token)
         if textlines:
             # break the line into multiple lines if a newline is found
+            textlines = textlines.replace('\n\r', '\n')
+            textlines = textlines.replace('\r', '\n')
             textlist = textlines.split('\n')
             token_level = level
             for text in textlist: