diff --git a/tests/FILEFORMAT b/tests/FILEFORMAT
index 550bcb614..b29084bd6 100644
--- a/tests/FILEFORMAT
+++ b/tests/FILEFORMAT
@@ -275,11 +275,14 @@ off the trailing newline of this given data before comparing with the one
 actually sent by the client
 Variables are substituted as in the <command> section.
 </protocol>
-<stdout [mode="text"]>
+<stdout [mode="text"] [nonewline=yes]>
 This verifies that this data was passed to stdout.
 
 Use the mode="text" attribute if the output is in text mode on platforms that
 have a text/binary difference.
+
+If 'nonewline' is set, we will cut off the trailing newline of this given data
+before comparing with the one actually received by the client
 </stdout>
 <file name="log/filename" [mode="text"]>
 The file's contents must be identical to this after the test is complete.
diff --git a/tests/runtests.pl b/tests/runtests.pl
index 231d75675..6a5f4a05d 100755
--- a/tests/runtests.pl
+++ b/tests/runtests.pl
@@ -2042,6 +2042,12 @@ sub singletest {
             map s/\r\n/\n/g, @actual;
         }
 
+        if($hash{'nonewline'}) {
+            # Yes, we must cut off the final newline from the final line
+            # of the protocol data
+            chomp($validstdout[$#validstdout]);
+        }
+
         $res = compare("stdout", \@actual, \@validstdout);
         if($res) {
             return 1;