diff --git a/src/libs/utils/smallstring.h b/src/libs/utils/smallstring.h
index 2a28b7c5b81..b0af23aac9f 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/smallstring.h
+++ b/src/libs/utils/smallstring.h
@@ -472,6 +472,15 @@ public:
         setSize(newSize);
     }
 
+    BasicSmallString toCarriageReturnsStripped() const
+    {
+        BasicSmallString text = *this;
+
+        text.replace("\r", "");
+
+        return text;
+    }
+
     constexpr static
     size_type shortStringCapacity() noexcept
     {
diff --git a/tests/unit/unittest/smallstring-test.cpp b/tests/unit/unittest/smallstring-test.cpp
index 90e93986a5b..70e944ffa42 100644
--- a/tests/unit/unittest/smallstring-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit/unittest/smallstring-test.cpp
@@ -1050,3 +1050,12 @@ TEST(SmallString, ReplaceByPositionEqualSizedTexts)
     ASSERT_THAT(text, SmallString("this is very very very very very much text"));
 }
 
+TEST(SmallString, CompareTextWithDifferentLineEndings)
+{
+    SmallString unixText("some \ntext");
+    SmallString windowsText("some \n\rtext");
+
+    auto convertedText = windowsText.toCarriageReturnsStripped();
+
+    ASSERT_THAT(unixText, convertedText);
+}