diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
index a1c7a9672a..df22325559 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
@@ -5767,18 +5767,26 @@ PasswordFromFile(char *hostname, char *port, char *dbname, char *username)
 			break;
 
 		len = strlen(buf);
-		if (len == 0)
-			continue;
 
 		/* Remove trailing newline */
-		if (buf[len - 1] == '\n')
-			buf[len - 1] = 0;
+		if (len > 0 && buf[len - 1] == '\n')
+		{
+			buf[--len] = '\0';
+			/* Handle DOS-style line endings, too, even when not on Windows */
+			if (len > 0 && buf[len - 1] == '\r')
+				buf[--len] = '\0';
+		}
+
+		if (len == 0)
+			continue;
 
 		if ((t = pwdfMatchesString(t, hostname)) == NULL ||
 			(t = pwdfMatchesString(t, port)) == NULL ||
 			(t = pwdfMatchesString(t, dbname)) == NULL ||
 			(t = pwdfMatchesString(t, username)) == NULL)
 			continue;
+
+		/* Found a match. */
 		ret = strdup(t);
 		fclose(fp);