diff --git a/logger/logger.go b/logger/logger.go
index 1be60438e..72ce7c1bd 100644
--- a/logger/logger.go
+++ b/logger/logger.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 )
 
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ func (l *Logger) SetPrefix(prefix string) {
 
 func (l *Logger) callHandlers(level LogLevel, s string) {
 	for _, h := range l.handlers[level] {
-		h(level, s)
+		h(level, strings.TrimSpace(s))
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/logger/logger_test.go b/logger/logger_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0091db87e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logger/logger_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2014 Jakob Borg and Contributors (see the CONTRIBUTORS file).
+// All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package logger
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestAPI(t *testing.T) {
+	l := New()
+	l.SetFlags(0)
+	l.SetPrefix("testing")
+
+	debug := 0
+	l.AddHandler(LevelDebug, checkFunc(t, LevelDebug, "test 0", &debug))
+	info := 0
+	l.AddHandler(LevelInfo, checkFunc(t, LevelInfo, "test 1", &info))
+	warn := 0
+	l.AddHandler(LevelWarn, checkFunc(t, LevelWarn, "test 2", &warn))
+	ok := 0
+	l.AddHandler(LevelOK, checkFunc(t, LevelOK, "test 3", &ok))
+
+	l.Debugf("test %d", 0)
+	l.Debugln("test", 0)
+	l.Infof("test %d", 1)
+	l.Infoln("test", 1)
+	l.Warnf("test %d", 2)
+	l.Warnln("test", 2)
+	l.Okf("test %d", 3)
+	l.Okln("test", 3)
+
+	if debug != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("Debug handler called %d != 2 times", debug)
+	}
+	if info != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("Info handler called %d != 2 times", info)
+	}
+	if warn != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("Warn handler called %d != 2 times", warn)
+	}
+	if ok != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("Ok handler called %d != 2 times", ok)
+	}
+}
+
+func checkFunc(t *testing.T, expectl LogLevel, expectmsg string, counter *int) func(LogLevel, string) {
+	return func(l LogLevel, msg string) {
+		*counter++
+		if l != expectl {
+			t.Errorf("Incorrect message level %d != %d", l, expectl)
+		}
+		if !strings.HasSuffix(msg, expectmsg) {
+			t.Errorf("%q does not end with %q", msg, expectmsg)
+		}
+	}
+}