diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/440-telnet-add-crlf-option.yml b/changelogs/fragments/440-telnet-add-crlf-option.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c914268ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/440-telnet-add-crlf-option.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - telnet - add crlf option to send CRLF instead of just LF (https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.netcommon/pull/440).
diff --git a/docs/ansible.netcommon.telnet_module.rst b/docs/ansible.netcommon.telnet_module.rst
index 78a0020e2..e28190bdc 100644
--- a/docs/ansible.netcommon.telnet_module.rst
+++ b/docs/ansible.netcommon.telnet_module.rst
@@ -52,6 +52,25 @@ Parameters
                         <div style="font-size: small; color: darkgreen"><br/>aliases: commands</div>
                 </td>
             </tr>
+            <tr>
+                <td colspan="1">
+                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
+                    <b>crlf</b>
+                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
+                    <div style="font-size: small">
+                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
+                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
+                                    <li>yes</li>
+                        </ul>
+                </td>
+                <td>
+                        <div>Sends a CRLF (Carrage Return) instead of just a LF (Line Feed).</div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
             <tr>
                 <td colspan="1">
                     <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
diff --git a/plugins/action/telnet.py b/plugins/action/telnet.py
index 74adb32a1..0c2a6ca71 100644
--- a/plugins/action/telnet.py
+++ b/plugins/action/telnet.py
@@ -49,12 +49,18 @@ def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=None):
             pause = int(self._task.args.get("pause", 1))
 
             send_newline = self._task.args.get("send_newline", False)
+            clrf = self._task.args.get("clrf", False)
 
             login_prompt = to_text(self._task.args.get("login_prompt", "login: "))
             password_prompt = to_text(self._task.args.get("password_prompt", "Password: "))
             prompts = self._task.args.get("prompts", ["\\$ "])
             commands = self._task.args.get("command") or self._task.args.get("commands")
 
+            if clrf:
+                line_ending = "\r\n"
+            else:
+                line_ending = "\n"
+
             if isinstance(commands, text_type):
                 commands = commands.split(",")
 
@@ -64,25 +70,27 @@ def run(self, tmp=None, task_vars=None):
                 self.output = bytes()
                 try:
                     if send_newline:
-                        self.tn.write(b"\n")
+                        self.tn.write(to_bytes(line_ending))
 
                     self.await_prompts([login_prompt], timeout)
-                    self.tn.write(to_bytes(user + "\n"))
+                    display.vvvvv(">>>user: %s" % user)
+                    self.tn.write(to_bytes(user + line_ending))
 
                     if password:
                         self.await_prompts([password_prompt], timeout)
-                        self.tn.write(to_bytes(password + "\n"))
+                        display.vvvvv(">>>password: %s" % password)
+                        self.tn.write(to_bytes(password + line_ending))
 
                     self.await_prompts(prompts, timeout)
 
                     for cmd in commands:
                         display.vvvvv(">>> %s" % cmd)
-                        self.tn.write(to_bytes(cmd + "\n"))
+                        self.tn.write(to_bytes(cmd + line_ending))
                         self.await_prompts(prompts, timeout)
                         display.vvvvv("<<< %s" % cmd)
                         sleep(pause)
 
-                    self.tn.write(b"exit\n")
+                    self.tn.write(to_bytes("exit" + line_ending))
 
                 except EOFError as e:
                     result["failed"] = True
diff --git a/plugins/modules/telnet.py b/plugins/modules/telnet.py
index a5abac726..65311eede 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/telnet.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/telnet.py
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@
     required: false
     type: bool
     default: false
+  crlf:
+    description:
+    - Sends a CRLF (Carrage Return) instead of just a LF (Line Feed).
+    required: false
+    type: bool
+    default: false
 notes:
 - The C(environment) keyword does not work with this task
 author: