diff --git a/avocado/core/remote/runner.py b/avocado/core/remote/runner.py
index eeeb1346788fc85027c2643088853977e9121bee..b70f66c320604bc2e54682c8518c8e83940de95b 100644
--- a/avocado/core/remote/runner.py
+++ b/avocado/core/remote/runner.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class RemoteTestRunner(TestRunner):
 
     # Let's use re.MULTILINE because sometimes servers might have MOTD
     # that will introduce a line break on output.
-    remote_version_re = re.compile(r'^Avocado (\d+)\.(\d+)$',
+    remote_version_re = re.compile(r'^Avocado (\d+)\.(\d+)\r?$',
                                    re.MULTILINE)
 
     def __init__(self, job, test_result):