diff --git a/dlls/msvcrt/file.c b/dlls/msvcrt/file.c
index d7e628b567..9dc1b54fdc 100644
--- a/dlls/msvcrt/file.c
+++ b/dlls/msvcrt/file.c
@@ -1786,8 +1786,16 @@ static int read_i(int fd, void *buf, unsigned int count)
             DWORD i, j;
             if (bufstart[num_read-1] == '\r')
             {
-	        MSVCRT_fdesc[fd].wxflag  |= WX_READCR;
-	        num_read--;
+                if(count == 1)
+                {
+                    MSVCRT_fdesc[fd].wxflag  &=  ~WX_READCR;
+                    ReadFile(hand, bufstart, 1, &num_read, NULL);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    MSVCRT_fdesc[fd].wxflag  |= WX_READCR;
+                    num_read--;
+                }
             }
 	    else
 	      MSVCRT_fdesc[fd].wxflag  &=  ~WX_READCR;
diff --git a/dlls/msvcrt/tests/file.c b/dlls/msvcrt/tests/file.c
index 18247adf28..5afdfcbabe 100644
--- a/dlls/msvcrt/tests/file.c
+++ b/dlls/msvcrt/tests/file.c
@@ -880,7 +880,23 @@ static void test_file_write_read( void )
       "problems with _O_BINARY _write / _O_TEXT _read\n");
   _close(tempfd);
 
-   ret =_chmod (tempf, _S_IREAD | _S_IWRITE);
+  /* test _read with single bytes. CR should be skipped and LF pulled in */
+  tempfd = _open(tempf,_O_RDONLY|_O_TEXT); /* open in TEXT mode */
+  for (i=0; i<strlen(mytext); i++)  /* */
+    {
+      _read(tempfd,btext, 1);
+      ok(btext[0] ==  mytext[i],"_read failed at pos %d 0x%02x vs 0x%02x\n", i, btext[0], mytext[i]);
+    }
+  while (_read(tempfd,btext, 1));
+  _close(tempfd);
+
+  /* test _read in buffered mode. Last CR should be skipped but  LF not pulled in */
+  tempfd = _open(tempf,_O_RDONLY|_O_TEXT); /* open in TEXT mode */
+  i = _read(tempfd,btext, strlen(mytext));
+  ok(i == strlen(mytext)-1, "_read_i %d vs %d\n", i, strlen(mytext));
+  _close(tempfd);
+
+  ret =_chmod (tempf, _S_IREAD | _S_IWRITE);
   ok( ret == 0,
      "Can't chmod '%s' to read-write: %d\n", tempf, errno);
   ret = unlink(tempf);