diff --git a/src/proxy/hdrs/MIME.cc b/src/proxy/hdrs/MIME.cc
index 9430385d42c..25e2cd43145 100644
--- a/src/proxy/hdrs/MIME.cc
+++ b/src/proxy/hdrs/MIME.cc
@@ -2509,7 +2509,8 @@ mime_parser_parse(MIMEParser *parser, HdrHeap *heap, MIMEHdrImpl *mh, const char
       }
       field_name.rtrim_if(&ParseRules::is_ws);
       raw_print_field = false;
-    } else if (parsed.suffix(2) != "\r\n") {
+    } else if (parsed.suffix(2) != "\r\n" || (parsed.size() > 2 && parsed[parsed.size() - 3] == '\r')) {
+      // Do not preserve malformed line endings when forwarding the field.
       raw_print_field = false;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/proxy/hdrs/unit_tests/test_Hdrs.cc b/src/proxy/hdrs/unit_tests/test_Hdrs.cc
index 71d52af9a23..7c00b3ca504 100644
--- a/src/proxy/hdrs/unit_tests/test_Hdrs.cc
+++ b/src/proxy/hdrs/unit_tests/test_Hdrs.cc
@@ -2983,6 +2983,32 @@ TEST_CASE("HTTP parser tolerates high-bit bytes without UB", "[proxy][hdrtest]")
   req_hdr.destroy();
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("HTTP parser normalizes repeated carriage returns in header line endings", "[proxy][hdrtest]")
+{
+  constexpr std::string_view message = "GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: example.com\r\nExtra-CRs: \r\r\r\r\n\r\n"sv;
+
+  HTTPParser parser;
+  http_parser_init(&parser);
+
+  HTTPHdr  req_hdr;
+  HdrHeap *heap = new_HdrHeap(HdrHeap::DEFAULT_SIZE + 64);
+  req_hdr.create(HTTPType::REQUEST, HTTP_1_1, heap);
+
+  auto start = message.data();
+  REQUIRE(req_hdr.parse_req(&parser, &start, message.data() + message.size(), true) == ParseResult::DONE);
+
+  std::string serialized(static_cast<size_t>(req_hdr.length_get()), '\0');
+  int         index  = 0;
+  int         offset = 0;
+  req_hdr.print(serialized.data(), static_cast<int>(serialized.size()), &index, &offset);
+  serialized.resize(static_cast<size_t>(index));
+
+  CHECK(serialized.find("Extra-CRs: \r\n") != std::string::npos);
+  CHECK(serialized.find("Extra-CRs: \r\r") == std::string::npos);
+
+  req_hdr.destroy();
+}
+
 TEST_CASE("HTTP response parser tolerates high-bit bytes without UB", "[proxy][hdrtest]")
 {
   struct Test {