diff --git a/lib/rexml/parsers/baseparser.rb b/lib/rexml/parsers/baseparser.rb
index 275372ee..02759e70 100644
--- a/lib/rexml/parsers/baseparser.rb
+++ b/lib/rexml/parsers/baseparser.rb
@@ -511,7 +511,11 @@ def normalize( input, entities=nil, entity_filter=nil )
 
       # Unescapes all possible entities
       def unnormalize( string, entities=nil, filter=nil )
-        rv = string.gsub( Private::CARRIAGE_RETURN_NEWLINE_PATTERN, "\n" )
+        if string.include?("\r")
+          rv = string.gsub( Private::CARRIAGE_RETURN_NEWLINE_PATTERN, "\n" )
+        else
+          rv = string.dup
+        end
         matches = rv.scan( REFERENCE_RE )
         return rv if matches.size == 0
         rv.gsub!( Private::CHARACTER_REFERENCES ) {
diff --git a/test/test_pullparser.rb b/test/test_pullparser.rb
index b6a48c93..073d896d 100644
--- a/test/test_pullparser.rb
+++ b/test/test_pullparser.rb
@@ -82,6 +82,27 @@ def test_character_references
       end
     end
 
+    def test_text_content_with_line_breaks
+      source = "<root><a>A</a><b>B\n</b><c>C\r\n</c></root>"
+      parser = REXML::Parsers::PullParser.new( source )
+
+      events = {}
+      element_name = ''
+      while parser.has_next?
+        event = parser.pull
+        case event.event_type
+        when :start_element
+          element_name = event[0]
+        when :text
+          events[element_name] = event[1]
+        end
+      end
+
+      assert_equal('A', events['a'])
+      assert_equal("B\n", events['b'])
+      assert_equal("C\n", events['c'])
+    end
+
     def test_peek_unshift
       source = "<a><b/></a>"
       REXML::Parsers::PullParser.new(source)