diff --git a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/lib/lib.h b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/lib/lib.h
index b7ca695c874..afa68afcf9f 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/lib/lib.h
+++ b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/lib/lib.h
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ off_t		min_free(const char *);
 /* String */
 char 		*get_dash_string(char **);
 char		*copy_string(const char *);
+char		*copy_string_adds_newline(const char *);
 Boolean		suffix(const char *, const char *);
 void		nuke_suffix(char *);
 void		str_lowercase(char *);
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/lib/str.c b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/lib/str.c
index 8f6aec33d26..0d9e288b757 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/lib/str.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/lib/str.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ get_dash_string(char **str)
     char *s = *str;
 
     if (*s == '-')
-	*str = copy_string(s + 1);
+	*str = copy_string_adds_newline(s + 1);
     else
 	*str = fileGetContents(s);
     return *str;
@@ -55,6 +55,27 @@ copy_string(const char *str)
     return (str ? strdup(str) : NULL);
 }
 
+/* Rather Obvious but adds a trailing \n newline */
+char *
+copy_string_adds_newline(const char *str)
+{
+    if (str == NULL) {
+	return (NULL);
+    } else  {
+	char *copy;
+	size_t line_length;
+
+	line_length = strlen(str) + 2;
+	if ((copy = malloc(line_length)) == NULL)
+		return (NULL);
+	memcpy(copy, str, line_length - 2);
+	copy[line_length - 2] = '\n';	/* Adds trailing \n */
+	copy[line_length - 1] = '\0';
+
+	return (copy);
+   }
+}
+
 /* Return TRUE if 'str' ends in suffix 'suff' */
 Boolean
 suffix(const char *str, const char *suff)