diff --git a/code/AssetLib/Ply/PlyParser.cpp b/code/AssetLib/Ply/PlyParser.cpp
index a7cf92606..6edba71fc 100644
--- a/code/AssetLib/Ply/PlyParser.cpp
+++ b/code/AssetLib/Ply/PlyParser.cpp
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ bool PLY::DOM::ParseHeader(IOStreamBuffer<char> &streamBuffer, std::vector<char>
         if (PLY::Element::ParseElement(streamBuffer, buffer, &out)) {
             // add the element to the list of elements
             alElements.push_back(out);
-        } else if (TokenMatch(buffer, "end_header", 10)) { //checks for /n ending, if it doesn't end with /r/n
+        } else if (TokenMatch(buffer, "end_header", 10)) {
             // we have reached the end of the header
             break;
         } else {
diff --git a/include/assimp/IOStreamBuffer.h b/include/assimp/IOStreamBuffer.h
index b34fc9ee1..fae480e71 100644
--- a/include/assimp/IOStreamBuffer.h
+++ b/include/assimp/IOStreamBuffer.h
@@ -323,7 +323,9 @@ AI_FORCE_INLINE bool IOStreamBuffer<T>::getNextLine(std::vector<T> &buffer) {
         }
     }
     buffer[i] = '\n';
-    ++m_cachePos;
+    while (m_cachePos < m_cacheSize && (m_cache[m_cachePos] == '\r' || m_cache[m_cachePos] == '\n')) {
+        ++m_cachePos;
+    }
 
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/test/models/PLY/cube_binary_header_with_RN_newline.ply b/test/models/PLY/cube_binary_header_with_RN_newline.ply
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bff347860
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/models/PLY/cube_binary_header_with_RN_newline.ply differ
diff --git a/test/unit/utPLYImportExport.cpp b/test/unit/utPLYImportExport.cpp
index 2edbdd71f..1f733c0e7 100644
--- a/test/unit/utPLYImportExport.cpp
+++ b/test/unit/utPLYImportExport.cpp
@@ -125,6 +125,22 @@ TEST_F(utPLYImportExport, importBinaryPLY) {
     EXPECT_EQ(12u, scene->mMeshes[0]->mNumFaces);
 }
 
+// Tests of a PLY file gets read with \r\n as newlines instead of just \n (i.e. solidwork exported ply files)
+TEST_F(utPLYImportExport, importBinaryPLYWithRNNewline) {
+    Assimp::Importer importer;
+    const aiScene *scene = importer.ReadFile(ASSIMP_TEST_MODELS_DIR "/PLY/cube_binary_header_with_RN_newline.ply", aiProcess_ValidateDataStructure);
+
+    ASSERT_NE(nullptr, scene);
+    ASSERT_NE(nullptr, scene->mMeshes[0]);
+    // This test model is double sided, so 12 faces instead of 6
+    ASSERT_EQ(12u, scene->mMeshes[0]->mNumFaces);
+    // Also check if the indices were parsed correctly
+    ASSERT_EQ(3u, scene->mMeshes[0]->mFaces[0].mNumIndices);
+    EXPECT_EQ(0u, scene->mMeshes[0]->mFaces[0].mIndices[0]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(1u, scene->mMeshes[0]->mFaces[0].mIndices[1]);
+    EXPECT_EQ(2u, scene->mMeshes[0]->mFaces[0].mIndices[2]);
+}
+
 TEST_F(utPLYImportExport, vertexColorTest) {
     Assimp::Importer importer;
     const aiScene *scene = importer.ReadFile(ASSIMP_TEST_MODELS_DIR "/PLY/float-color.ply", aiProcess_ValidateDataStructure);