diff --git a/lib/sgetpwent.c b/lib/sgetpwent.c
index 61e1e4ed8..691979a19 100644
--- a/lib/sgetpwent.c
+++ b/lib/sgetpwent.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "prototypes.h"
 #include "shadowlog_internal.h"
 #include "string/strcmp/streq.h"
+#include "string/strtok/stpsep.h"
 
 
 #define	NFIELDS	7
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ sgetpwent(const char *s)
 	if (dup == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 
+	stpsep(dup, "\n");
+
 	/*
 	 * Save a pointer to the start of each colon separated
 	 * field.  The fields are converted into NUL terminated strings.