diff --git a/changes/bug33781 b/changes/bug33781
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f63ab0a2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug33781
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (compatibility):
+    - Strip '\r' characters when reading text files on Unix platforms.
+      This should resolve an issue where a relay operator migrates a relay from
+      Windows to Unix, but does not change the line ending of Tor's various state
+      files to match the platform, the CRLF line endings from Windows ends up leaking
+      into other files such as the extra-info document. Fixes bug 33781; bugfix on
+      0.0.9pre5.
diff --git a/src/lib/fs/files.c b/src/lib/fs/files.c
index aeaeb5daea..a0b5a40aac 100644
--- a/src/lib/fs/files.c
+++ b/src/lib/fs/files.c
@@ -607,6 +607,9 @@ read_file_to_str_until_eof(int fd, size_t max_bytes_to_read, size_t *sz_out)
  * If <b>flags</b> &amp; RFTS_BIN, open the file in binary mode.
  * If <b>flags</b> &amp; RFTS_IGNORE_MISSING, don't warn if the file
  * doesn't exist.
+ *
+ * Unless the RFTS_BIN flag is set in <b>flags</b>, this function will strip
+ * any CR characters in the return value on all platforms.
  */
 /*
  * This function <em>may</em> return an erroneous result if the file
@@ -685,7 +688,6 @@ read_file_to_str, (const char *filename, int flags, struct stat *stat_out))
   }
   string[r] = '\0'; /* NUL-terminate the result. */
 
-#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
   if (!bin && strchr(string, '\r')) {
     log_debug(LD_FS, "We didn't convert CRLF to LF as well as we hoped "
               "when reading %s. Coping.",
@@ -695,8 +697,7 @@ read_file_to_str, (const char *filename, int flags, struct stat *stat_out))
   }
   if (!bin) {
     statbuf.st_size = (size_t) r;
-  } else
-#endif /* defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__) */
+  } else {
     if (r != statbuf.st_size) {
       /* Unless we're using text mode on win32, we'd better have an exact
        * match for size. */
@@ -708,6 +709,7 @@ read_file_to_str, (const char *filename, int flags, struct stat *stat_out))
       errno = save_errno;
       return NULL;
     }
+  }
   close(fd);
   if (stat_out) {
     memcpy(stat_out, &statbuf, sizeof(struct stat));
diff --git a/src/test/test_util.c b/src/test/test_util.c
index 7700cfa2b1..2aee07a26a 100644
--- a/src/test/test_util.c
+++ b/src/test/test_util.c
@@ -206,6 +206,54 @@ test_util_read_file_eof_zero_bytes(void *arg)
   test_util_read_until_eof_impl("tor_test_fifo_empty", 0, 10000);
 }
 
+static void
+test_util_read_file_endlines(void *arg)
+{
+  (void)arg;
+
+  char *fname = NULL;
+  char *read_content = NULL;
+  int r = -1;
+
+  /* Write a file that contains both \n and \r\n as line ending. */
+  const char *file_content = "foo bar\n"
+                             "foo bar baz\r\n"
+                             "foo bar\r\n";
+
+  const char *expected_file_content = "foo bar\n"
+                                      "foo bar baz\n"
+                                      "foo bar\n";
+
+  fname = tor_strdup(get_fname("file_with_crlf_ending"));
+
+  r = write_bytes_to_file(fname, file_content, strlen(file_content), 1);
+  tt_int_op(r, OP_EQ, 0);
+
+  /* Read the file in text mode: we strip \r's from the files on both Windows
+   * and UNIX. */
+  read_content = read_file_to_str(fname, 0, NULL);
+
+  tt_ptr_op(read_content, OP_NE, NULL);
+  tt_int_op(strlen(read_content), OP_EQ, strlen(expected_file_content));
+  tt_str_op(read_content, OP_EQ, expected_file_content);
+
+  tor_free(read_content);
+
+  /* Read the file in binary mode: we should preserve the \r here. */
+  read_content = read_file_to_str(fname, RFTS_BIN, NULL);
+
+  tt_ptr_op(read_content, OP_NE, NULL);
+  tt_int_op(strlen(read_content), OP_EQ, strlen(file_content));
+  tt_str_op(read_content, OP_EQ, file_content);
+
+  tor_free(read_content);
+
+ done:
+  unlink(fname);
+  tor_free(fname);
+  tor_free(read_content);
+}
+
 /* Test the basic expected behaviour for write_chunks_to_file.
  * NOTE: This will need to be updated if we ever change the tempfile location
  * or extension */
@@ -6495,6 +6543,7 @@ struct testcase_t util_tests[] = {
   UTIL_TEST(read_file_eof_two_loops, 0),
   UTIL_TEST(read_file_eof_two_loops_b, 0),
   UTIL_TEST(read_file_eof_zero_bytes, 0),
+  UTIL_TEST(read_file_endlines, 0),
   UTIL_TEST(write_chunks_to_file, 0),
   UTIL_TEST(mathlog, 0),
   UTIL_TEST(fraction, 0),