diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 10ca4f08..aea33519 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ appear at the top.
 
   * Add your entries here, remember to credit yourself however you want to be
     credited!
+  * Remove strip from capture to preserve whitespace. Nick Townsend
   * Add vmware_fusion Vagrant provider. Nick Townsend
 
 ## 1.5.1
diff --git a/lib/sshkit/backends/local.rb b/lib/sshkit/backends/local.rb
index af873730..ad1fa375 100644
--- a/lib/sshkit/backends/local.rb
+++ b/lib/sshkit/backends/local.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def execute(*args)
 
       def capture(*args)
         options = { verbosity: Logger::DEBUG }.merge(args.extract_options!)
-        _execute(*[*args, options]).full_stdout.strip
+        _execute(*[*args, options]).full_stdout
       end
 
       private
diff --git a/test/functional/backends/test_local.rb b/test/functional/backends/test_local.rb
index c9a0f785..d4a8bf18 100644
--- a/test/functional/backends/test_local.rb
+++ b/test/functional/backends/test_local.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def test_capture
         Local.new do
           captured_command_result = capture(:echo, 'foo')
         end.run
-        assert_equal 'foo', captured_command_result
+        assert_equal "foo\n", captured_command_result
       end
 
       def test_execute_raises_on_non_zero_exit_status_and_captures_stdout_and_stderr