diff --git a/test/helper.rb b/test/helper.rb
index 7d969732c5..344ef77ef6 100644
--- a/test/helper.rb
+++ b/test/helper.rb
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def body
   end
 
   def assert_body(value)
-    assert_equal value.strip, body.strip
+    assert_equal value.lstrip.gsub(/\s*\n\s*/, ""), body.lstrip.gsub(/\s*\n\s*/, "")
   end
 
   # Delegate other missing methods to response.
diff --git a/test/nokogiri_test.rb b/test/nokogiri_test.rb
index 7675cd9681..832f792e33 100644
--- a/test/nokogiri_test.rb
+++ b/test/nokogiri_test.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def nokogiri_app(&block)
   it 'renders inline Nokogiri strings' do
     nokogiri_app { nokogiri 'xml' }
     assert ok?
-    assert_equal %{<?xml version="1.0"?>\n}, body
+    assert_body %{<?xml version="1.0"?>\n}
   end
 
   it 'renders inline blocks' do
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def nokogiri_app(&block)
       end
     end
     assert ok?
-    assert_equal "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n<couple>Frank &amp; Mary</couple>\n", body
+    assert_body "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n<couple>Frank &amp; Mary</couple>\n"
   end
 
   it 'renders .nokogiri files in views path' do
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def nokogiri_app(&block)
       nokogiri :hello
     end
     assert ok?
-    assert_equal %(<?xml version="1.0"?>\n<exclaim>You're my boy, Blue!</exclaim>\n), body
+    assert_body %(<?xml version="1.0"?>\n<exclaim>You're my boy, Blue!</exclaim>\n)
   end
 
   it "renders with inline layouts" do
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def nokogiri_app(&block)
     end
     get '/'
     assert ok?
-    assert_equal "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n<layout>\n  <em>Hello World</em>\n</layout>\n", body
+    assert_body "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n<layout>\n  <em>Hello World</em>\n</layout>\n"
   end
 
   it "renders with file layouts" do
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def nokogiri_app(&block)
       nokogiri %(xml.em 'Hello World'), :layout => :layout2
     end
     assert ok?
-    assert_equal "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n<layout>\n  <em>Hello World</em>\n</layout>\n", body
+    assert_body "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n<layout>\n  <em>Hello World</em>\n</layout>\n"
   end
 
   it "raises error if template not found" do