diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..911933099b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+lua/tests/fixtures/split_lines/carriage_newline.txt text eol=crlf
+lua/tests/fixtures/split_lines/newline.txt text eol=lf
diff --git a/lua/telescope/builtin/__internal.lua b/lua/telescope/builtin/__internal.lua
index 9149ecb4db..faad006272 100644
--- a/lua/telescope/builtin/__internal.lua
+++ b/lua/telescope/builtin/__internal.lua
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ internal.oldfiles = function(opts)
   local results = {}
 
   if opts.include_current_session then
-    for _, buffer in ipairs(vim.split(vim.fn.execute ":buffers! t", "\n")) do
+    for _, buffer in ipairs(utils.split_lines(vim.fn.execute ":buffers! t")) do
       local match = tonumber(string.match(buffer, "%s*(%d+)"))
       local open_by_lsp = string.match(buffer, "line 0$")
       if match and not open_by_lsp then
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ end
 
 internal.command_history = function(opts)
   local history_string = vim.fn.execute "history cmd"
-  local history_list = vim.split(history_string, "\n")
+  local history_list = utils.split_lines(history_string)
 
   local results = {}
   local filter_fn = opts.filter_fn
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ end
 
 internal.search_history = function(opts)
   local search_string = vim.fn.execute "history search"
-  local search_list = vim.split(search_string, "\n")
+  local search_list = utils.split_lines(search_string)
 
   local results = {}
   for i = #search_list, 3, -1 do
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ internal.help_tags = function(opts)
   opts.fallback = vim.F.if_nil(opts.fallback, true)
   opts.file_ignore_patterns = {}
 
-  local langs = vim.split(opts.lang, ",", true)
+  local langs = vim.split(opts.lang, ",", { trimempty = true })
   if opts.fallback and not vim.tbl_contains(langs, "en") then
     table.insert(langs, "en")
   end
@@ -729,11 +729,11 @@ internal.help_tags = function(opts)
   local delimiter = string.char(9)
   for _, lang in ipairs(langs) do
     for _, file in ipairs(tag_files[lang] or {}) do
-      local lines = vim.split(Path:new(file):read(), "\r?\n", { trimempty = true })
+      local lines = utils.split_lines(Path:new(file):read(), { trimempty = true })
       for _, line in ipairs(lines) do
         -- TODO: also ignore tagComment starting with ';'
         if not line:match "^!_TAG_" then
-          local fields = vim.split(line, delimiter, true)
+          local fields = vim.split(line, delimiter, { trimempty = true })
           if #fields == 3 and not tags_map[fields[1]] then
             if fields[1] ~= "help-tags" or fields[2] ~= "tags" then
               table.insert(tags, {
diff --git a/lua/telescope/init.lua b/lua/telescope/init.lua
index acb56e79dc..d7cc544328 100644
--- a/lua/telescope/init.lua
+++ b/lua/telescope/init.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 local _extensions = require "telescope._extensions"
+local utils = require "telescope.utils"
 
 local telescope = {}
 
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ telescope.__format_setup_keys = function()
     table.insert(result, "")
     table.insert(result, string.format("%s*telescope.defaults.%s*", string.rep(" ", 70 - 20 - #name), name))
     table.insert(result, string.format("%s: ~", name))
-    for _, line in ipairs(vim.split(desc, "\n")) do
+    for _, line in ipairs(utils.split_lines(desc)) do
       table.insert(result, string.format("    %s", line))
     end
   end
diff --git a/lua/telescope/previewers/buffer_previewer.lua b/lua/telescope/previewers/buffer_previewer.lua
index a404c14cd7..72854e41a0 100644
--- a/lua/telescope/previewers/buffer_previewer.lua
+++ b/lua/telescope/previewers/buffer_previewer.lua
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ previewers.highlights = defaulter(function(_)
 
     define_preview = function(self, entry)
       if not self.state.bufname then
-        local output = vim.split(vim.fn.execute "highlight", "\n")
+        local output = utils.split_lines(vim.fn.execute "highlight")
         local hl_groups = {}
         for _, v in ipairs(output) do
           if v ~= "" then
diff --git a/lua/telescope/previewers/utils.lua b/lua/telescope/previewers/utils.lua
index 076bab4362..b430e5a509 100644
--- a/lua/telescope/previewers/utils.lua
+++ b/lua/telescope/previewers/utils.lua
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@ local conf = require("telescope.config").values
 local Job = require "plenary.job"
 local Path = require "plenary.path"
 
+local telescope_utils = require "telescope.utils"
+
 local utils = {}
 
 local detect_from_shebang = function(p)
   local s = p:readbyterange(0, 256)
   if s then
-    local lines = vim.split(s, "\n")
+    local lines = telescope_utils.split_lines(s)
     return vim.filetype.match { contents = lines }
   end
 end
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ end
 local detect_from_modeline = function(p)
   local s = p:readbyterange(-256, 256)
   if s then
-    local lines = vim.split(s, "\n")
+    local lines = telescope_utils.split_lines(s)
     local idx = lines[#lines] ~= "" and #lines or #lines - 1
     if idx >= 1 then
       return parse_modeline(lines[idx])
diff --git a/lua/telescope/utils.lua b/lua/telescope/utils.lua
index 55d93698d3..c5ce0c233e 100644
--- a/lua/telescope/utils.lua
+++ b/lua/telescope/utils.lua
@@ -741,4 +741,16 @@ utils.reverse_table = function(input_table)
   return temp_table
 end
 
+utils.split_lines = (function()
+  if utils.iswin then
+    return function(s, opts)
+      return vim.split(s, "\r?\n", opts)
+    end
+  else
+    return function(s, opts)
+      return vim.split(s, "\n", opts)
+    end
+  end
+end)()
+
 return utils
diff --git a/lua/tests/automated/utils_spec.lua b/lua/tests/automated/utils_spec.lua
index 490ce3e251..2734441f29 100644
--- a/lua/tests/automated/utils_spec.lua
+++ b/lua/tests/automated/utils_spec.lua
@@ -353,3 +353,46 @@ describe("path_tail", function()
     end)
   end
 end)
+
+describe("split_lines", function()
+  local function read_file(path)
+    local file = io.open(path, "rb")
+    if not file then
+      return nil
+    end
+    local content = file:read "*a"
+    file:close()
+    return content
+  end
+
+  local newline = [[./lua/tests/fixtures/split_lines/newline.txt]]
+  local carriage_newline = [[./lua/tests/fixtures/split_lines/carriage_newline.txt]]
+  local expect = {
+    "",
+    "",
+    "line3 of the file",
+    "",
+    "line5 of the file",
+    "",
+    "",
+    "line8 of the file, last line of file",
+    "",
+  }
+
+  if jit and jit.os:lower() == "windows" then
+    describe("handles files on Windows", function()
+      it("reads file with newline only", function()
+        assert.are.same(expect, utils.split_lines(read_file(newline)))
+      end)
+      it("reads file with carriage return and newline", function()
+        assert.are.same(expect, utils.split_lines(read_file(carriage_newline)))
+      end)
+    end)
+  else
+    describe("handles files on non Windows environment", function()
+      it("reads file with newline only", function()
+        assert.are.same(expect, utils.split_lines(read_file(newline)))
+      end)
+    end)
+  end
+end)
diff --git a/lua/tests/fixtures/split_lines/carriage_newline.txt b/lua/tests/fixtures/split_lines/carriage_newline.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..682ff70c9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/tests/fixtures/split_lines/carriage_newline.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+
+line3 of the file
+
+line5 of the file
+
+
+line8 of the file, last line of file
diff --git a/lua/tests/fixtures/split_lines/newline.txt b/lua/tests/fixtures/split_lines/newline.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..682ff70c9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/tests/fixtures/split_lines/newline.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+
+line3 of the file
+
+line5 of the file
+
+
+line8 of the file, last line of file