diff --git a/crates/nu-std/std/formats/mod.nu b/crates/nu-std/std/formats/mod.nu
index addfa4c1c9..a0484e42f4 100644
--- a/crates/nu-std/std/formats/mod.nu
+++ b/crates/nu-std/std/formats/mod.nu
@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@ export def "from ndnuon" []: [string -> any] {
 
 # Convert structured data to NDNUON, i.e. newline-delimited NUON
 export def "to ndnuon" []: [any -> string] {
-    each { to nuon --raw } | to text
+    each { to nuon --raw | str replace --all "\n" '\n' } | to text
 }
diff --git a/crates/nu-std/tests/test_formats.nu b/crates/nu-std/tests/test_formats.nu
index ec1f6adb47..44a89eeaad 100644
--- a/crates/nu-std/tests/test_formats.nu
+++ b/crates/nu-std/tests/test_formats.nu
@@ -128,3 +128,17 @@ def to_ndnuon_single_object [] {
   let expect = "{a: 1}"
   assert equal $result $expect "could not convert to NDNUON"
 }
+
+#[test]
+def to_ndnuon_multiline_strings [] {
+  let result = "foo\n\\n\nbar" | to ndnuon
+  let expect = '"foo\n\\n\nbar"'
+  assert equal $result $expect "could not convert multiline string to NDNUON"
+}
+
+#[test]
+def from_ndnuon_multiline_strings [] {
+  let result = '"foo\n\\n\nbar"' | from ndnuon
+  let expect = ["foo\n\\n\nbar"]
+  assert equal $result $expect "could not convert multiline string from NDNUON"
+}
diff --git a/crates/nu-std/tests/test_std_formats.nu b/crates/nu-std/tests/test_std_formats.nu
index ed6b079d7e..1ca7516c20 100644
--- a/crates/nu-std/tests/test_std_formats.nu
+++ b/crates/nu-std/tests/test_std_formats.nu
@@ -128,3 +128,17 @@ def to_ndnuon_single_object [] {
   let expect = "{a: 1}"
   assert equal $result $expect "could not convert to NDNUON"
 }
+
+#[test]
+def to_ndnuon_multiline_strings [] {
+  let result = "foo\n\\n\nbar" | formats to ndnuon
+  let expect = '"foo\n\\n\nbar"'
+  assert equal $result $expect "could not convert multiline string to NDNUON"
+}
+
+#[test]
+def from_ndnuon_multiline_strings [] {
+  let result = '"foo\n\\n\nbar"' | formats from ndnuon
+  let expect = ["foo\n\\n\nbar"]
+  assert equal $result $expect "could not convert multiline string from NDNUON"
+}