diff --git a/strbuf.c b/strbuf.c
index f03d11702b3f6212ca7305df60f2f9ea6ca49e35..a6153dca278abe957254fa091fdcd8eb13b90b25 100644
--- a/strbuf.c
+++ b/strbuf.c
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ int strbuf_readlink(struct strbuf *sb, const char *path, size_t hint)
 	return -1;
 }
 
-int strbuf_getline(struct strbuf *sb, FILE *fp, int term)
+int strbuf_getwholeline(struct strbuf *sb, FILE *fp, int term)
 {
 	int ch;
 
@@ -332,10 +332,10 @@ int strbuf_getline(struct strbuf *sb, FILE *fp, int term)
 
 	strbuf_reset(sb);
 	while ((ch = fgetc(fp)) != EOF) {
-		if (ch == term)
-			break;
 		strbuf_grow(sb, 1);
 		sb->buf[sb->len++] = ch;
+		if (ch == term)
+			break;
 	}
 	if (ch == EOF && sb->len == 0)
 		return EOF;
@@ -344,6 +344,15 @@ int strbuf_getline(struct strbuf *sb, FILE *fp, int term)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int strbuf_getline(struct strbuf *sb, FILE *fp, int term)
+{
+	if (strbuf_getwholeline(sb, fp, term))
+		return EOF;
+	if (sb->buf[sb->len-1] == term)
+		strbuf_setlen(sb, sb->len-1);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int strbuf_read_file(struct strbuf *sb, const char *path, size_t hint)
 {
 	int fd, len;
diff --git a/strbuf.h b/strbuf.h
index eaa8704d5fa6e85d33953db77dd03de3cb462df4..d05e056dd3916b64865ac9a0337ecbf31625f436 100644
--- a/strbuf.h
+++ b/strbuf.h
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ extern ssize_t strbuf_read(struct strbuf *, int fd, size_t hint);
 extern int strbuf_read_file(struct strbuf *sb, const char *path, size_t hint);
 extern int strbuf_readlink(struct strbuf *sb, const char *path, size_t hint);
 
+extern int strbuf_getwholeline(struct strbuf *, FILE *, int);
 extern int strbuf_getline(struct strbuf *, FILE *, int);
 
 extern void stripspace(struct strbuf *buf, int skip_comments);