diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f3f6962..bd1f53b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+#### Upcoming
+
+- Add `noTrim` option to exec methods for cases where you do not want node-ssh to automatically trim the outputs.
+
 #### 13.1.0
 
 - Add new methods around sockets forwarding. #460 (Thanks @mat-sz)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a41e81d..d71a1b9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ export interface SSHExecCommandOptions {
   stdin?: string | stream.Readable
   execOptions?: ExecOptions
   encoding?: BufferEncoding
+  noTrim?: boolean
   onChannel?: (clientChannel: ClientChannel) => void
   onStdout?: (chunk: Buffer) => void
   onStderr?: (chunk: Buffer) => void
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 338c965..96dc3bc 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ export class NodeSSH {
       options.onStderr == null || typeof options.onStderr === 'function',
       'options.onStderr must be a valid function',
     )
+    invariant(options.noTrim == null || typeof options.noTrim === 'boolean', 'options.noTrim must be a boolean')
 
     let command = givenCommand
 
@@ -428,8 +429,8 @@ export class NodeSSH {
           resolve({
             code: code != null ? code : null,
             signal: signal != null ? signal : null,
-            stdout: stdout,
-            stderr: stderr,
+            stdout,
+            stderr,
           })
         })
       })
diff --git a/test/main-test.ts b/test/main-test.ts
index 56f91e6..34adc55 100644
--- a/test/main-test.ts
+++ b/test/main-test.ts
@@ -494,3 +494,11 @@ sshit('forwards an inbound TCP/IP connection to client with automatically assign
     connectWithPassword(port, client)
   })
 })
+sshit('has a working noTrim option', async function (t, port, client) {
+  await connectWithPassword(port, client)
+  const resultWithTrim = await client.exec('echo', ["\nhello\n\n\n\n"], {stream: 'stdout'})
+  t.is(resultWithTrim, 'hello')
+
+  const resultWithoutTrim = await client.exec('echo', ['\n\n\nhi\n\n\n'], {stream: 'stdout', noTrim: true})
+  t.is(resultWithoutTrim, '\n\n\nhi\n\n\n\n')
+})