diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index 47484cd1fef..24e31d17720 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Fixed `cloudfoundry.access` to have the correct `cloudfoundry.app.id` contents. {pull}17847[17847]
 - Fixing `ingress_controller.` fields to be of type keyword instead of text. {issue}17834[17834]
 - Fixed typo in log message. {pull}17897[17897]
+- Fix S3 input to trim delimiter /n from each log line. {pull}19972[19972]
 
 *Heartbeat*
 
diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/input/s3/input.go b/x-pack/filebeat/input/s3/input.go
index b5201686597..e74800ae127 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/input/s3/input.go
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/input/s3/input.go
@@ -477,11 +477,7 @@ func (p *s3Input) createEventsFromS3Info(svc s3iface.ClientAPI, info s3Info, s3C
 	// handle s3 objects that are not json content-type
 	offset := 0
 	for {
-		log, err := reader.ReadString('\n')
-		if log == "" {
-			break
-		}
-
+		log, err := readStringAndTrimDelimiter(reader)
 		if err == io.EOF {
 			// create event for last line
 			offset += len([]byte(log))
@@ -494,11 +490,15 @@ func (p *s3Input) createEventsFromS3Info(svc s3iface.ClientAPI, info s3Info, s3C
 			}
 			return nil
 		} else if err != nil {
-			err = errors.Wrap(err, "ReadString failed")
+			err = errors.Wrap(err, "readStringAndTrimDelimiter failed")
 			p.logger.Error(err)
 			return err
 		}
 
+		if log == "" {
+			break
+		}
+
 		// create event per log line
 		offset += len([]byte(log))
 		event := createEvent(log, offset, info, objectHash, s3Ctx)
@@ -566,7 +566,8 @@ func (p *s3Input) decodeJSONWithKey(decoder *json.Decoder, objectHash string, s3
 
 func (p *s3Input) convertJSONToEvent(jsonFields interface{}, offset int, objectHash string, s3Info s3Info, s3Ctx *s3Context) error {
 	vJSON, err := json.Marshal(jsonFields)
-	log := string(vJSON)
+	logOriginal := string(vJSON)
+	log := trimLogDelimiter(logOriginal)
 	offset += len([]byte(log))
 	event := createEvent(log, offset, s3Info, objectHash, s3Ctx)
 
@@ -609,6 +610,18 @@ func (p *s3Input) deleteMessage(queueURL string, messagesReceiptHandle string, s
 	return nil
 }
 
+func trimLogDelimiter(log string) string {
+	return strings.TrimSuffix(log, "\n")
+}
+
+func readStringAndTrimDelimiter(reader *bufio.Reader) (string, error) {
+	logOriginal, err := reader.ReadString('\n')
+	if err != nil {
+		return logOriginal, err
+	}
+	return trimLogDelimiter(logOriginal), nil
+}
+
 func createEvent(log string, offset int, info s3Info, objectHash string, s3Ctx *s3Context) beat.Event {
 	s3Ctx.Inc()
 
diff --git a/x-pack/filebeat/input/s3/input_test.go b/x-pack/filebeat/input/s3/input_test.go
index 5eddbaad956..c9ff86780de 100644
--- a/x-pack/filebeat/input/s3/input_test.go
+++ b/x-pack/filebeat/input/s3/input_test.go
@@ -32,10 +32,12 @@ type MockS3Client struct {
 }
 
 var (
-	s3LogString1 = "36c1f test-s3-ks [20/Jun/2019] 1.2.3.4 arn:aws:iam::1234:user/test@elastic.co 5141F REST.HEAD.OBJECT Screen1.png \n"
-	s3LogString2 = "28kdg test-s3-ks [20/Jun/2019] 1.2.3.4 arn:aws:iam::1234:user/test@elastic.co 5A070 REST.HEAD.OBJECT Screen2.png \n"
-	mockSvc      = &MockS3Client{}
-	info         = s3Info{
+	s3LogString1        = "36c1f test-s3-ks [20/Jun/2019] 1.2.3.4 arn:aws:iam::1234:user/test@elastic.co 5141F REST.HEAD.OBJECT Screen1.png\n"
+	s3LogString1Trimmed = "36c1f test-s3-ks [20/Jun/2019] 1.2.3.4 arn:aws:iam::1234:user/test@elastic.co 5141F REST.HEAD.OBJECT Screen1.png"
+	s3LogString2        = "28kdg test-s3-ks [20/Jun/2019] 1.2.3.4 arn:aws:iam::1234:user/test@elastic.co 5A070 REST.HEAD.OBJECT Screen2.png\n"
+	s3LogString2Trimmed = "28kdg test-s3-ks [20/Jun/2019] 1.2.3.4 arn:aws:iam::1234:user/test@elastic.co 5A070 REST.HEAD.OBJECT Screen2.png"
+	mockSvc             = &MockS3Client{}
+	info                = s3Info{
 		name:   "test-s3-ks",
 		key:    "log2019-06-21-16-16-54",
 		region: "us-west-1",
@@ -182,15 +184,15 @@ func TestNewS3BucketReader(t *testing.T) {
 	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
 		switch i {
 		case 0:
-			log, err := reader.ReadString('\n')
+			log, err := readStringAndTrimDelimiter(reader)
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
-			assert.Equal(t, s3LogString1, log)
+			assert.Equal(t, s3LogString1Trimmed, log)
 		case 1:
-			log, err := reader.ReadString('\n')
+			log, err := readStringAndTrimDelimiter(reader)
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
-			assert.Equal(t, s3LogString2, log)
+			assert.Equal(t, s3LogString2Trimmed, log)
 		case 2:
-			log, err := reader.ReadString('\n')
+			log, err := readStringAndTrimDelimiter(reader)
 			assert.Error(t, io.EOF, err)
 			assert.Equal(t, "", log)
 		}
@@ -373,3 +375,32 @@ May 28 03:03:29 Shaunaks-MacBook-Pro-Work VTDecoderXPCService[57953]: DEPRECATED
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestTrimLogDelimiter(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		title       string
+		logOriginal string
+		expectedLog string
+	}{
+		{"string with delimiter",
+			`test
+`,
+			"test",
+		},
+		{"string without delimiter",
+			"test",
+			"test",
+		},
+		{"string just with delimiter",
+			`
+`,
+			"",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(c.title, func(t *testing.T) {
+			log := trimLogDelimiter(c.logOriginal)
+			assert.Equal(t, c.expectedLog, log)
+		})
+	}
+}