diff --git a/cobol-parser/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/base/SimpleComparisonBase.scala b/cobol-parser/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/base/SimpleComparisonBase.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fbfeca28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cobol-parser/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/base/SimpleComparisonBase.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 ABSA Group Limited
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package za.co.absa.cobrix.cobol.base
+
+import org.scalatest.TestSuite
+import org.slf4j.Logger
+
+/**
+ * This trait extends a test suite with the method for comparing small multiline strings.
+ */
+trait SimpleComparisonBase extends TestSuite {
+  def removeWhiteSpace(s: String): String = {
+    s.replaceAll("[\\r\\n ]", "")
+  }
+
+  def assertEqualsMultiline(actualResults: String, expectedResults: String)(implicit logger: Logger): Unit = {
+    if (actualResults.replaceAll("[\r\n]", "") != expectedResults.replaceAll("[\r\n]", "")) {
+      logger.error(s"EXPECTED:\n$expectedResults")
+      logger.error(s"ACTUAL:\n$actualResults")
+      fail("Actual data does not match the expected data (see above).")
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/spark-cobol/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/spark/cobol/CobolSchemaSpec.scala b/spark-cobol/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/spark/cobol/CobolSchemaSpec.scala
index c3c86d4a..cfc72eb7 100644
--- a/spark-cobol/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/spark/cobol/CobolSchemaSpec.scala
+++ b/spark-cobol/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/spark/cobol/CobolSchemaSpec.scala
@@ -16,13 +16,17 @@
 
 package za.co.absa.cobrix.spark.cobol
 
-import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{IntegerType, StringType, StructField, StructType}
-import org.scalatest.{FunSuite, WordSpec}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types.StructType
+import org.scalatest.WordSpec
+import org.slf4j.{Logger, LoggerFactory}
 import za.co.absa.cobrix.cobol.parser.CopybookParser
 import za.co.absa.cobrix.cobol.reader.policies.SchemaRetentionPolicy
 import za.co.absa.cobrix.spark.cobol.schema.CobolSchema
+import za.co.absa.cobrix.spark.cobol.source.base.SimpleComparisonBase
+
+class CobolSchemaSpec extends WordSpec with SimpleComparisonBase {
+  private implicit val logger: Logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.getClass)
 
-class CobolSchemaSpec extends WordSpec {
   "for simple copybooks" should {
     val copyBookContents: String =
       """       01  RECORD.
@@ -53,7 +57,7 @@ class CobolSchemaSpec extends WordSpec {
       val cobolSchema = new CobolSchema(parsedSchema, SchemaRetentionPolicy.CollapseRoot, "", false)
       val actualSchema = cobolSchema.getSparkSchema.treeString
 
-      assert(actualSchema == expectedSchema)
+      assertEqualsMultiline(actualSchema, expectedSchema)
     }
 
     "Generate record id field" in {
@@ -74,7 +78,7 @@ class CobolSchemaSpec extends WordSpec {
       val cobolSchema = new CobolSchema(parsedSchema, SchemaRetentionPolicy.CollapseRoot, "", true)
       val actualSchema = cobolSchema.getSparkSchema.treeString
 
-      assert(actualSchema == expectedSchema)
+      assertEqualsMultiline(actualSchema, expectedSchema)
     }
   }
 
@@ -102,7 +106,7 @@ class CobolSchemaSpec extends WordSpec {
       val cobolSchema = new CobolSchema(parsedSchema, SchemaRetentionPolicy.KeepOriginal, "", true)
       val actualSchema = cobolSchema.getSparkSchema.treeString
 
-      assert(actualSchema == expectedSchema)
+      assertEqualsMultiline(actualSchema, expectedSchema)
     }
 
     "keep original and no record id generation" in {
@@ -118,7 +122,7 @@ class CobolSchemaSpec extends WordSpec {
       val cobolSchema = new CobolSchema(parsedSchema, SchemaRetentionPolicy.KeepOriginal, "", false)
       val actualSchema = cobolSchema.getSparkSchema.treeString
 
-      assert(actualSchema == expectedSchema)
+      assertEqualsMultiline(actualSchema, expectedSchema)
     }
 
     "collapse root + record id generation" in {
@@ -135,7 +139,7 @@ class CobolSchemaSpec extends WordSpec {
       val cobolSchema = new CobolSchema(parsedSchema, SchemaRetentionPolicy.CollapseRoot, "", true)
       val actualSchema = cobolSchema.getSparkSchema.treeString
 
-      assert(actualSchema == expectedSchema)
+      assertEqualsMultiline(actualSchema, expectedSchema)
     }
 
     "collapse root and no record id generation" in {
@@ -149,7 +153,7 @@ class CobolSchemaSpec extends WordSpec {
       val cobolSchema = new CobolSchema(parsedSchema, SchemaRetentionPolicy.CollapseRoot, "", false)
       val actualSchema = cobolSchema.getSparkSchema.treeString
 
-      assert(actualSchema == expectedSchema)
+      assertEqualsMultiline(actualSchema, expectedSchema)
     }
   }
 
@@ -178,7 +182,7 @@ class CobolSchemaSpec extends WordSpec {
       val cobolSchema = new CobolSchema(parsedSchema, SchemaRetentionPolicy.KeepOriginal, "", true, 2)
       val actualSchema = cobolSchema.getSparkSchema.treeString
 
-      assert(actualSchema == expectedSchema)
+      assertEqualsMultiline(actualSchema, expectedSchema)
     }
 
     "multi-segment keep-original without record id generation" in {
@@ -195,7 +199,7 @@ class CobolSchemaSpec extends WordSpec {
       val cobolSchema = new CobolSchema(parsedSchema, SchemaRetentionPolicy.KeepOriginal, "", false, 2)
       val actualSchema = cobolSchema.getSparkSchema.treeString
 
-      assert(actualSchema == expectedSchema)
+      assertEqualsMultiline(actualSchema, expectedSchema)
     }
 
     "multi-segment collapse root with record id generation" in {
@@ -213,7 +217,7 @@ class CobolSchemaSpec extends WordSpec {
       val cobolSchema = new CobolSchema(parsedSchema, SchemaRetentionPolicy.CollapseRoot, "", true, 2)
       val actualSchema = cobolSchema.getSparkSchema.treeString
 
-      assert(actualSchema == expectedSchema)
+      assertEqualsMultiline(actualSchema, expectedSchema)
     }
 
     "multi-segment collapse root without record id generation" in {
@@ -228,7 +232,7 @@ class CobolSchemaSpec extends WordSpec {
       val cobolSchema = new CobolSchema(parsedSchema, SchemaRetentionPolicy.CollapseRoot, "", false, 2)
       val actualSchema = cobolSchema.getSparkSchema.treeString
 
-      assert(actualSchema == expectedSchema)
+      assertEqualsMultiline(actualSchema, expectedSchema)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/spark-cobol/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/spark/cobol/source/regression/Test18AsciiNulChars.scala b/spark-cobol/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/spark/cobol/source/regression/Test18AsciiNulChars.scala
index 7782ebaf..dae73b18 100644
--- a/spark-cobol/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/spark/cobol/source/regression/Test18AsciiNulChars.scala
+++ b/spark-cobol/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/spark/cobol/source/regression/Test18AsciiNulChars.scala
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class Test18AsciiNulChars extends WordSpec with SparkTestBase with BinaryFileFix
         |123456789
         |12345678901234567890123456789
         |5678
-        |""".stripMargin
+        |""".stripMargin.replaceAll("\r", "")
 
     "not generate redundant records" in {
       withTempTextFile("ascii_nul", ".dat", StandardCharsets.UTF_8, text) { tmpFileName =>