diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 5e99770..dd54145 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ v1.4.0 - YYYY-MM-DD
 - Added new `pdfioFileCreateNameObj` and `pdfioObjGetName` APIs for creating and
   getting name object values (Issue #76)
 - Updated documentation (Issue #78)
+- Fixed reading of PDF files whose trailer is missing a newline (Issue #80)
 
 
 v1.3.2 - 2024-08-15
diff --git a/pdfio-file.c b/pdfio-file.c
index cc3475c..b12b714 100644
--- a/pdfio-file.c
+++ b/pdfio-file.c
@@ -1977,7 +1977,7 @@ load_xref(
       {
         PDFIO_DEBUG("load_xref: '%s' at offset %lu\n", line, (unsigned long)trailer_offset);
 
-	if (!strncmp(line, "trailer", 7) && (!line[7] || isspace(line[7] & 255)))
+	if (!strncmp(line, "trailer", 7) && (!line[7] || isspace(line[7] & 255) || line[7] == '<'))
 	{
 	  if (line[7])
 	  {