diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index 7c2d83806..df4465caf 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -14036,6 +14036,11 @@ crc32c([<avalanche>])
   not be used for security purposes as a 32-bit hash is trivial to break. See
   also "djb2", "sdbm", "wt6", "crc32" and the "hash-type" directive.
 
+cut_crlf
+  Cuts the string representation of the input sample on the first carriage
+  return ('\r') or newline ('\n') character found. Only the string length is
+  updated.
+
 da-csv-conv(<prop>[,<prop>*])
   Asks the DeviceAtlas converter to identify the User Agent string passed on
   input, and to emit a string made of the concatenation of the properties
diff --git a/src/sample.c b/src/sample.c
index c28b5449e..43d932d84 100644
--- a/src/sample.c
+++ b/src/sample.c
@@ -2979,6 +2979,21 @@ static int sample_conv_htonl(const struct arg *arg_p, struct sample *smp, void *
 	return 1;
 }
 
+/**/
+static int sample_conv_cut_crlf(const struct arg *arg_p, struct sample *smp, void *private)
+{
+	char *p;
+	size_t l;
+
+	p = smp->data.u.str.area;
+	for (l = 0; l < smp->data.u.str.data; l++) {
+		if (*(p+l) == '\r' || *(p+l) == '\n')
+			break;
+	}
+	smp->data.u.str.data = l;
+	return 1;
+}
+
 /************************************************************************/
 /*       All supported sample fetch functions must be declared here     */
 /************************************************************************/
@@ -3447,7 +3462,8 @@ static struct sample_conv_kw_list sample_conv_kws = {ILH, {
 	{ "mod",    sample_conv_arith_mod,  ARG1(1,STR), check_operator, SMP_T_SINT, SMP_T_SINT  },
 	{ "neg",    sample_conv_arith_neg,            0, NULL, SMP_T_SINT, SMP_T_SINT  },
 
-	{ "htonl",  sample_conv_htonl,                0, NULL, SMP_T_SINT, SMP_T_BIN  },
+	{ "htonl",    sample_conv_htonl,              0, NULL, SMP_T_SINT, SMP_T_BIN  },
+	{ "cut_crlf", sample_conv_cut_crlf,           0, NULL, SMP_T_STR,  SMP_T_STR  },
 	{ NULL, NULL, 0, 0, 0 },
 }};