diff --git a/src/drawTable.ts b/src/drawTable.ts
index d40dc90..a2c96a7 100644
--- a/src/drawTable.ts
+++ b/src/drawTable.ts
@@ -6,25 +6,9 @@ import drawRow from './drawRow';
 import type {
   TableConfig, Row,
 } from './types/internal';
-
-/**
- * Group the array into sub-arrays by sizes.
- *
- * @example
- * groupBySizes(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'], [2, 1, 2]) = [ ['a', 'b'], ['c'], ['d', 'e'] ]
- */
-
-const groupBySizes = <T>(array: T[], sizes: number[]): T[][] => {
-  let startIndex = 0;
-
-  return sizes.map((size) => {
-    const group = array.slice(startIndex, startIndex + size);
-
-    startIndex += size;
-
-    return group;
-  });
-};
+import {
+  groupBySizes,
+} from './utils';
 
 export default (rows: Row[], columnWidths: number[], rowHeights: number[], config: TableConfig): string => {
   const {
diff --git a/src/makeConfig.ts b/src/makeConfig.ts
index 054eb3e..7a6d324 100644
--- a/src/makeConfig.ts
+++ b/src/makeConfig.ts
@@ -1,25 +1,17 @@
 import cloneDeep from 'lodash.clonedeep';
 import calculateColumnWidths from './calculateColumnWidths';
-import getBorderCharacters from './getBorderCharacters';
 import type {
   ColumnUserConfig, Indexable,
-  BorderUserConfig, BorderConfig, TableUserConfig,
+  TableUserConfig,
 } from './types/api';
 import type {
   ColumnConfig, Row, TableConfig,
 } from './types/internal';
+import {
+  makeBorder,
+} from './utils';
 import validateConfig from './validateConfig';
 
-/**
- * Merges user provided border characters with the default border ("honeywell") characters.
- */
-const makeBorder = (border: BorderUserConfig | undefined): BorderConfig => {
-  return {
-    ...getBorderCharacters('honeywell'),
-    ...border,
-  };
-};
-
 /**
  * Creates a configuration for every column using default
  * values for the missing configuration properties.
diff --git a/src/makeStreamConfig.ts b/src/makeStreamConfig.ts
index b3795d7..9752f95 100644
--- a/src/makeStreamConfig.ts
+++ b/src/makeStreamConfig.ts
@@ -1,29 +1,18 @@
 import cloneDeep from 'lodash.clonedeep';
-import getBorderCharacters from './getBorderCharacters';
 import type {
   ColumnUserConfig,
   Indexable,
   StreamUserConfig,
-  BorderUserConfig,
-  BorderConfig,
 } from './types/api';
 import type {
   ColumnConfig,
   StreamConfig,
 } from './types/internal';
+import {
+  makeBorder,
+} from './utils';
 import validateConfig from './validateConfig';
 
-/**
- * Merges user provided border characters with the default border ("honeywell") characters.
- *
- */
-const makeBorder = (border?: BorderUserConfig): BorderConfig => {
-  return {
-    ...getBorderCharacters('honeywell'),
-    ...border,
-  };
-};
-
 /**
  * Creates a configuration for every column using default
  * values for the missing configuration properties.
diff --git a/src/stringifyTableData.ts b/src/stringifyTableData.ts
index 31cb3c3..f698d56 100644
--- a/src/stringifyTableData.ts
+++ b/src/stringifyTableData.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 import type {
   Row,
 } from './types/internal';
+import {
+  normalizeString,
+} from './utils';
 
 export default (rows: unknown[][]): Row[] => {
   return rows.map((cells) => {
-    return cells.map(String);
+    return cells.map((cell) => {
+      return normalizeString(String(cell));
+    });
   });
 };
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa58926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import slice from 'slice-ansi';
+import stripAnsi from 'strip-ansi';
+import getBorderCharacters from './getBorderCharacters';
+import type {
+  BorderConfig, BorderUserConfig,
+} from './types/api';
+
+/**
+ * Converts Windows-style newline to Unix-style
+ *
+ * @internal
+ */
+export const normalizeString = (input: string): string => {
+  return input.replace(/\r\n/g, '\n');
+};
+
+/**
+ * Splits ansi string by newlines
+ *
+ * @internal
+ */
+export const splitAnsi = (input: string): string[] => {
+  const lengths = stripAnsi(input).split('\n').map(({length}) => {
+    return length;
+  });
+
+  const result: string[] = [];
+  let startIndex = 0;
+
+  lengths.forEach((length) => {
+    result.push(length === 0 ? '' : slice(input, startIndex, startIndex + length));
+
+    // Plus 1 for the newline character itself
+    startIndex += length + 1;
+  });
+
+  return result;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Merges user provided border characters with the default border ("honeywell") characters.
+ *
+ * @internal
+ */
+export const makeBorder = (border: BorderUserConfig | undefined): BorderConfig => {
+  return {
+    ...getBorderCharacters('honeywell'),
+    ...border,
+  };
+};
+
+/**
+ * Groups the array into sub-arrays by sizes.
+ *
+ * @internal
+ * @example
+ * groupBySizes(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'], [2, 1, 2]) = [ ['a', 'b'], ['c'], ['d', 'e'] ]
+ */
+
+export const groupBySizes = <T>(array: T[], sizes: number[]): T[][] => {
+  let startIndex = 0;
+
+  return sizes.map((size) => {
+    const group = array.slice(startIndex, startIndex + size);
+
+    startIndex += size;
+
+    return group;
+  });
+};
diff --git a/src/validateTableData.ts b/src/validateTableData.ts
index 83b9a0a..de6f9db 100644
--- a/src/validateTableData.ts
+++ b/src/validateTableData.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+import {
+  normalizeString,
+} from './utils';
+
 export default (rows: unknown[][]): void => {
   if (!Array.isArray(rows)) {
     throw new TypeError('Table data must be an array.');
@@ -24,7 +28,7 @@ export default (rows: unknown[][]): void => {
 
     for (const cell of row) {
       // eslint-disable-next-line no-control-regex
-      if (/[\u0001-\u0006\u0008\u0009\u000B-\u001A]/.test(cell)) {
+      if (/[\u0001-\u0006\u0008\u0009\u000B-\u001A]/.test(normalizeString(String(cell)))) {
         throw new Error('Table data must not contain control characters.');
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/wrapCell.ts b/src/wrapCell.ts
index 4d1f19c..a86b6d8 100644
--- a/src/wrapCell.ts
+++ b/src/wrapCell.ts
@@ -1,26 +1,9 @@
-import slice from 'slice-ansi';
-import stripAnsi from 'strip-ansi';
+import {
+  splitAnsi,
+} from './utils';
 import wrapString from './wrapString';
 import wrapWord from './wrapWord';
 
-const splitAnsi = (input: string) => {
-  const lengths = stripAnsi(input).split('\n').map(({length}) => {
-    return length;
-  });
-
-  const result: string[] = [];
-  let startIndex = 0;
-
-  lengths.forEach((length) => {
-    result.push(length === 0 ? '' : slice(input, startIndex, startIndex + length));
-
-    // Plus 1 for the newline character itself
-    startIndex += length + 1;
-  });
-
-  return result;
-};
-
 /**
  * Wrap a single cell value into a list of lines
  *
diff --git a/test/validateTableData.ts b/test/validateTableData.ts
index 936e317..980ae37 100644
--- a/test/validateTableData.ts
+++ b/test/validateTableData.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 import {
   expect,
 } from 'chai';
+import {
+  table,
+} from '../src';
 import validateTableData from '../src/validateTableData';
 
 describe('validateTableData', () => {
@@ -52,7 +55,27 @@ describe('validateTableData', () => {
 
   context('cell data contains newlines', () => {
     it('does not throw', () => {
-      validateTableData([['ab\nc']]);
+      expect(() => {
+        validateTableData([['ab\nc']]);
+      }).to.not.throw();
+    });
+  });
+
+  context('cell data contains Windows-style newlines', () => {
+    it('does not throw and replaces by Unix-style newline', () => {
+      expect(() => {
+        validateTableData([['ab\r\nc']]);
+      }).to.not.throw();
+
+      expect(table([['ab\r\nc']])).to.equal('╔════╗\n║ ab ║\n║ c  ║\n╚════╝\n');
+    });
+  });
+
+  context('cell data contains carriage return only', () => {
+    it('throws an error', () => {
+      expect(() => {
+        validateTableData([['ab\rc']]);
+      }).to.throw(Error, 'Table data must not contain control characters.');
     });
   });
 
@@ -79,7 +102,9 @@ describe('validateTableData', () => {
     ].join('');
 
     it('does not throw', () => {
-      validateTableData([[link]]);
+      expect(() => {
+        validateTableData([[link]]);
+      }).to.not.throw();
     });
   });