diff --git a/src/rc/grep.kak b/src/rc/grep.kak
index 8dd152a3..997f1ff0 100644
--- a/src/rc/grep.kak
+++ b/src/rc/grep.kak
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ def -shell-params -file-completion \
      output=$(mktemp -d -t kak-grep.XXXXXXXX)/fifo
      mkfifo ${output}
      if (( $# > 0 )); then
-         ( ${kak_opt_grepcmd} "$@" >& ${output} ) >& /dev/null < /dev/null &
+         ( ${kak_opt_grepcmd} "$@" | tr -d '\r' >& ${output} ) >& /dev/null < /dev/null &
      else
-         ( ${kak_opt_grepcmd} "${kak_selection}" >& ${output} ) >& /dev/null < /dev/null &
+         ( ${kak_opt_grepcmd} "${kak_selection}" | tr -d '\r' >& ${output} ) >& /dev/null < /dev/null &
      fi
      echo "try %{ db *grep* } catch %{}
            edit -fifo ${output} *grep*