diff --git a/Lib/fnmatch.py b/Lib/fnmatch.py
index 3bf2463913e..4c149eb7817 100644
--- a/Lib/fnmatch.py
+++ b/Lib/fnmatch.py
@@ -104,4 +104,4 @@ def translate(pat):
                 res = '%s[%s]' % (res, stuff)
         else:
             res = res + re.escape(c)
-    return res + "$"
+    return res + '\Z(?ms)'
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_fnmatch.py b/Lib/test/test_fnmatch.py
index 9abcbd6f286..b1dd6f8d895 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_fnmatch.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_fnmatch.py
@@ -32,11 +32,18 @@ class FnmatchTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         check('a', 'b', 0)
 
         # these test that '\' is handled correctly in character sets;
-        # see SF bug #???
+        # see SF bug #409651
         check('\\', r'[\]')
         check('a', r'[!\]')
         check('\\', r'[!\]', 0)
 
+        # test that filenames with newlines in them are handled correctly.
+        # http://bugs.python.org/issue6665
+        check('foo\nbar', 'foo*')
+        check('foo\nbar\n', 'foo*')
+        check('\nfoo', 'foo*', False)
+        check('\n', '*')
+
 
 def test_main():
     test_support.run_unittest(FnmatchTestCase)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 0b2bd7db290..23a0e4c3048 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #6665: Fix fnmatch to properly match filenames with newlines in them.
+
 - Issue #1008086: Fixed socket.inet_aton() to always return 4 bytes even on
   LP64 platforms (most 64-bit Linux, bsd, unix systems).