diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 79fad8f3613b..23b2a961234e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 - CheckQuorum now requires a quorum in every configuration (#7375)
 - `read_ledger.py` validates the offsets table in committed ledger files, reporting an error if this is truncated (#7501).
+- Allow carriage returns in PEM certificatees (#7507)
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/include/ccf/crypto/openssl/openssl_wrappers.h b/include/ccf/crypto/openssl/openssl_wrappers.h
index 8726ff816351..1d52f45288fd 100644
--- a/include/ccf/crypto/openssl/openssl_wrappers.h
+++ b/include/ccf/crypto/openssl/openssl_wrappers.h
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ namespace ccf::crypto
       {}
     };
 
-    static const char pem_prefix[] = "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\n";
+    static const char pem_prefix[] = "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----";
     // -1 for the null terminator
     static constexpr size_t pem_prefix_len = sizeof(pem_prefix) - 1;
 
diff --git a/src/crypto/test/crypto.cpp b/src/crypto/test/crypto.cpp
index 3e9921ccaa96..e4e5ed401a5c 100644
--- a/src/crypto/test/crypto.cpp
+++ b/src/crypto/test/crypto.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.
 
+#include "ccf/crypto/openssl/openssl_wrappers.h"
 #define DOCTEST_CONFIG_IMPLEMENT_WITH_MAIN
 #include "ccf/crypto/base64.h"
 #include "ccf/crypto/eddsa_key_pair.h"
@@ -1349,4 +1350,49 @@ TEST_CASE("Decrypt should validate integrity")
     ~broken_ciphertext[ciphertext.size() / 2];
 
   CHECK_THROWS(ccf::crypto::aes_gcm_decrypt(key, broken_ciphertext));
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("Carriage returns in PEM certificates")
+{
+  const std::string single_cert =
+    "-----BEGIN "
+    "CERTIFICATE-----"
+    "\nMIIByDCCAU6gAwIBAgIQOBe5SrcwReWmSzTjzj2HDjAKBggqhkjOPQQDAzATMREw\nDwYDVQ"
+    "QDDAhDQ0YgTm9kZTAeFw0yMzA1MTcxMzUwMzFaFw0yMzA1MTgxMzUwMzBa\nMBMxETAPBgNVBA"
+    "MMCENDRiBOb2RlMHYwEAYHKoZIzj0CAQYFK4EEACIDYgAE74qL\nAc/"
+    "45tiriN5MuquYhHVdMGQRvYSm08HBfYcODtET88qC0A39o6Y2TmfbIn6BdjMG\nkD58o377ZMT"
+    "aApQu/oJcwt7qZ9/LE8j8WU2qHn0cPTlpwH/"
+    "2tiud2w+U3voSo2cw\nZTASBgNVHRMBAf8ECDAGAQH/"
+    "AgEAMB0GA1UdDgQWBBS9FJNwWSXtUpHaBV57EwTW\noM8vHjAfBgNVHSMEGDAWgBS9FJNwWSXt"
+    "UpHaBV57EwTWoM8vHjAPBgNVHREECDAG\nhwR/"
+    "xF96MAoGCCqGSM49BAMDA2gAMGUCMQDKxpjPToJ7VSqKqQSeMuW9tr4iL+"
+    "9I\n7gTGdGwiIYV1qTSS35Sk9XQZ0VpSa58c/"
+    "5UCMEgmH71k7XlTGVUypm4jAgjpC46H\ns+hJpGMvyD9dKzEpZgmZYtghbyakUkwBiqmFQA=="
+    "\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----";
+  Pem cert_pem(single_cert);
+  auto cert_vec = cert_pem.raw();
+  OpenSSL::Unique_BIO certbio(cert_vec);
+  OpenSSL::Unique_X509 cert(certbio, true);
+  REQUIRE_NE(cert, nullptr);
+
+  const std::string single_cert_cr =
+    "-----BEGIN "
+    "CERTIFICATE-----"
+    "\r\nMIIByDCCAU6gAwIBAgIQOBe5SrcwReWmSzTjzj2HDjAKBggqhkjOPQQDAzATMREw\r\nDw"
+    "YDVQQDDAhDQ0YgTm9kZTAeFw0yMzA1MTcxMzUwMzFaFw0yMzA1MTgxMzUwMzBa\r\nMBMxETAP"
+    "BgNVBAMMCENDRiBOb2RlMHYwEAYHKoZIzj0CAQYFK4EEACIDYgAE74qL\r\nAc/"
+    "45tiriN5MuquYhHVdMGQRvYSm08HBfYcODtET88qC0A39o6Y2TmfbIn6BdjMG\r\nkD58o377Z"
+    "MTaApQu/oJcwt7qZ9/LE8j8WU2qHn0cPTlpwH/"
+    "2tiud2w+U3voSo2cw\r\nZTASBgNVHRMBAf8ECDAGAQH/"
+    "AgEAMB0GA1UdDgQWBBS9FJNwWSXtUpHaBV57EwTW\r\noM8vHjAfBgNVHSMEGDAWgBS9FJNwWS"
+    "XtUpHaBV57EwTWoM8vHjAPBgNVHREECDAG\r\nhwR/"
+    "xF96MAoGCCqGSM49BAMDA2gAMGUCMQDKxpjPToJ7VSqKqQSeMuW9tr4iL+"
+    "9I\r\n7gTGdGwiIYV1qTSS35Sk9XQZ0VpSa58c/"
+    "5UCMEgmH71k7XlTGVUypm4jAgjpC46H\r\ns+hJpGMvyD9dKzEpZgmZYtghbyakUkwBiqmFQA="
+    "=\r\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----";
+  Pem cert_pem_cr(single_cert_cr);
+  auto cert_vec_cr = cert_pem_cr.raw();
+  OpenSSL::Unique_BIO certbio_cr(cert_vec_cr);
+  OpenSSL::Unique_X509 cert_cr(certbio_cr, true);
+  REQUIRE_NE(cert_cr, nullptr);
 }
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