diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f98768fa..e64ffbc9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ ncmpcpp-0.8 (????-??-??)
 * Support for controlling whether ncmpcpp should display multiple tags as-is or make an effort to hide duplicate values (show_duplicate_tags configuration variable, enabled by default).
 * Support for filtering of lists was brought back from the dead.
 * Require C++14 compatible compiler during compilation.
+* Lyrics from files containing DOS line endings now load properly on Linux.
 
 ncmpcpp-0.7.7 (2016-10-31)
 * Fixed compilation on 32bit platforms.
diff --git a/src/lyrics.cpp b/src/lyrics.cpp
index 9f060f82..c0ffc417 100644
--- a/src/lyrics.cpp
+++ b/src/lyrics.cpp
@@ -316,6 +316,8 @@ void Lyrics::Load()
 		std::string line;
 		while (std::getline(input, line))
 		{
+			// Remove carriage returns as they mess up the display.
+			line.erase(std::remove(line.begin(), line.end(), '\r'), line.end());
 			if (!first)
 				w << '\n';
 			w << Charset::utf8ToLocale(line);