diff --git a/unit-tests/files/windows-csv.csv b/unit-tests/files/windows-csv.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e035d79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unit-tests/files/windows-csv.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+category,subcategory,groupname,manager,member,schema_id
+testcsv,testcsv,csvupload1,manager,member,default-3
+testcsv,testcsv,csvupload2,manager,member,default-3
diff --git a/unit-tests/test_importgroups.py b/unit-tests/test_importgroups.py
index 730e463..467b5d8 100644
--- a/unit-tests/test_importgroups.py
+++ b/unit-tests/test_importgroups.py
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ def test_parse_csv(self):
         args = {"offline_check": True}
         parse_csv_file("files/csv-import-test.csv", args, "1.9")
 
+        # With carriage returns
+        parse_csv_file("files/windows-csv.csv", args, "1.9")
+
     @patch('sys.stderr', new_callable=StringIO)
     def test_parse_csv_with_header_suffixes(self, mock_stderr):
         args = {"offline_check": True}
diff --git a/yclienttools/importgroups.py b/yclienttools/importgroups.py
index f419dd9..1af306c 100644
--- a/yclienttools/importgroups.py
+++ b/yclienttools/importgroups.py
@@ -68,11 +68,12 @@ def parse_csv_file(input_file, args, yoda_version):
             row_number += 1
             d = {}
             for j in range(len(line)):
-                if len(line[j]):
+                item = line[j].strip()
+                if len(item):
                     if header[j] not in d:
                         d[header[j]] = []
 
-                    d[header[j]].append(line[j])
+                    d[header[j]].append(item)
 
             rowdata, error = _process_csv_line(d, args, yoda_version)