diff --git a/apps/s_client.c b/apps/s_client.c
index 96e446c2a491cb0df9ba75b74982f58319630bfc..ff97f0be7f0310328ed32612029c9356ff46c3b5 100644
--- a/apps/s_client.c
+++ b/apps/s_client.c
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@
  * [including the GNU Public Licence.]
  */
 
+#ifdef APPS_CRLF
+# include <assert.h>
+#endif
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -138,6 +141,9 @@ static void sc_usage(void)
 	BIO_printf(bio_err," -state        - print the 'ssl' states\n");
 #ifdef FIONBIO
 	BIO_printf(bio_err," -nbio         - Run with non-blocking IO\n");
+#endif
+#ifdef APPS_CRLF
+	BIO_printf(bio_err," -crlf         - convert LF from terminal into CRLF\n");
 #endif
 	BIO_printf(bio_err," -quiet        - no s_client output\n");
 	BIO_printf(bio_err," -ssl2         - just use SSLv2\n");
@@ -165,6 +171,9 @@ int MAIN(int argc, char **argv)
 	char *cert_file=NULL,*key_file=NULL;
 	char *CApath=NULL,*CAfile=NULL,*cipher=NULL;
 	int reconnect=0,badop=0,verify=SSL_VERIFY_NONE,bugs=0;
+#ifdef APPS_CRLF
+	int crlf=0;
+#endif
 	int write_tty,read_tty,write_ssl,read_ssl,tty_on,ssl_pending;
 	SSL_CTX *ctx=NULL;
 	int ret=1,in_init=1,i,nbio_test=0;
@@ -235,6 +244,10 @@ int MAIN(int argc, char **argv)
 			if (--argc < 1) goto bad;
 			cert_file= *(++argv);
 			}
+#ifdef APPS_CRLF
+		else if	(strcmp(*argv,"-crlf") == 0)
+			crlf=1;
+#endif
 		else if	(strcmp(*argv,"-quiet") == 0)
 			c_quiet=1;
 		else if	(strcmp(*argv,"-pause") == 0)
@@ -634,7 +647,32 @@ printf("read=%d pending=%d peek=%d\n",k,SSL_pending(con),SSL_peek(con,zbuf,10240
 #ifndef WINDOWS
 		else if (FD_ISSET(fileno(stdin),&readfds))
 			{
-			i=read(fileno(stdin),cbuf,BUFSIZZ);
+#ifdef APPS_CRLF
+			if (crlf)
+				{
+				int j, lf_num;
+
+				i=read(fileno(stdin),cbuf,BUFSIZZ/2);
+				lf_num = 0;
+				/* both loops are skipped when i <= 0 */
+				for (j = 0; j < i; j++)
+					if (cbuf[j] == '\n')
+						lf_num++;
+				for (j = i-1; j >= 0; j--)
+					{
+					cbuf[j+lf_num] = cbuf[j];
+					if (cbuf[j] == '\n')
+						{
+						lf_num--;
+						i++;
+						cbuf[j+lf_num] = '\r';
+						}
+					}
+				assert(lf_num == 0);
+				}
+			else
+#endif
+				i=read(fileno(stdin),cbuf,BUFSIZZ);
 
 			if ((!c_quiet) && ((i <= 0) || (cbuf[0] == 'Q')))
 				{
diff --git a/apps/s_server.c b/apps/s_server.c
index 54989316f85122e4ebe241152d2de47c9eea37bd..a78a4bcd7b02dbb5191a4e69ac3cc7c4dcf3a89d 100644
--- a/apps/s_server.c
+++ b/apps/s_server.c
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@
  * [including the GNU Public Licence.]
  */
 
+#ifdef APPS_CRLF
+# include <assert.h>
+#endif
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -166,6 +169,9 @@ static char *s_dcert_file=NULL,*s_dkey_file=NULL;
 static int s_nbio=0;
 #endif
 static int s_nbio_test=0;
+#ifdef APPS_CRLF
+	int s_crlf=0;
+#endif
 static SSL_CTX *ctx=NULL;
 static int www=0;
 
@@ -213,6 +219,9 @@ static void sv_usage(void)
 	BIO_printf(bio_err," -nbio         - Run with non-blocking IO\n");
 #endif
 	BIO_printf(bio_err," -nbio_test    - test with the non-blocking test bio\n");
+#ifdef APPS_CRLF
+	BIO_printf(bio_err," -crlf         - convert LF from terminal into CRLF\n");
+#endif
 	BIO_printf(bio_err," -debug        - Print more output\n");
 	BIO_printf(bio_err," -state        - Print the SSL states\n");
 	BIO_printf(bio_err," -CApath arg   - PEM format directory of CA's\n");
@@ -516,6 +525,10 @@ int MAIN(int argc, char *argv[])
 			{ hack=1; }
 		else if	(strcmp(*argv,"-state") == 0)
 			{ state=1; }
+#ifdef APPS_CRLF
+		else if	(strcmp(*argv,"-crlf") == 0)
+			{ s_crlf=1; }
+#endif
 		else if	(strcmp(*argv,"-quiet") == 0)
 			{ s_quiet=1; }
 		else if	(strcmp(*argv,"-bugs") == 0)
@@ -800,7 +813,32 @@ static int sv_body(char *hostname, int s, unsigned char *context)
 		if (i <= 0) continue;
 		if (FD_ISSET(fileno(stdin),&readfds))
 			{
-			i=read(fileno(stdin),buf,bufsize);
+#ifdef APPS_CRLF
+			if (s_crlf)
+				{
+				int j, lf_num;
+
+				i=read(fileno(stdin), buf, bufsize/2);
+				lf_num = 0;
+				/* both loops are skipped when i <= 0 */
+				for (j = 0; j < i; j++)
+					if (buf[j] == '\n')
+						lf_num++;
+				for (j = i-1; j >= 0; j--)
+					{
+					buf[j+lf_num] = buf[j];
+					if (buf[j] == '\n')
+						{
+						lf_num--;
+						i++;
+						buf[j+lf_num] = '\r';
+						}
+					}
+				assert(lf_num == 0);
+				}
+			else
+#endif
+				i=read(fileno(stdin),buf,bufsize);
 			if (!s_quiet)
 				{
 				if ((i <= 0) || (buf[0] == 'Q'))