diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.java
index 316fab68ad759e..5f2abfef45ae6d 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManager.java
@@ -393,12 +393,17 @@ public static long measureText(
         : UNSET;
 
     int lines = layout.getLineCount();
-    if (numberOfLines != UNSET && numberOfLines != 0 && numberOfLines > lines && text.length() > 0) {
+    if (numberOfLines != UNSET && numberOfLines != 0 && numberOfLines >= lines && text.length() > 0) {
       int numberOfEmptyLines = numberOfLines - lines;
       SpannableStringBuilder ssb = new SpannableStringBuilder();
 
+      // for some reason a newline on end causes issues with computing height so we add a character
+      if (text.toString().endsWith("\n")) {
+        ssb.append("A");
+      }
+
       for (int i = 0; i < numberOfEmptyLines; ++i) {
-        ssb.append("\n");
+        ssb.append("\nA");
       }
 
       Object[] spans = text.getSpans(0, 0, Object.class);
@@ -419,7 +424,7 @@ public static long measureText(
     }
 
 
-    if (numberOfLines != UNSET && numberOfLines != 0 && numberOfLines <= lines) {
+    if (numberOfLines != UNSET && numberOfLines != 0) {
       maximumNumberOfLines = numberOfLines;
     }
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManagerMapBuffer.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManagerMapBuffer.java
index f86923275c7bc6..981b78e5a0f570 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManagerMapBuffer.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/TextLayoutManagerMapBuffer.java
@@ -417,8 +417,13 @@ public static long measureText(
       int numberOfEmptyLines = numberOfLines - lines;
       SpannableStringBuilder ssb = new SpannableStringBuilder();
 
+      // for some reason a newline on end causes issues with computing height so we add a character
+      if (text.toString().endsWith("\n")) {
+        ssb.append("A");
+      }
+
       for (int i = 0; i < numberOfEmptyLines; ++i) {
-        ssb.append("\n");
+        ssb.append("\nA");
       }
 
       Object[] spans = text.getSpans(0, 0, Object.class);
@@ -438,7 +443,7 @@ public static long measureText(
           hyphenationFrequency);
     }
 
-    if (numberOfLines != UNSET && numberOfLines != 0 && numberOfLines <= lines) {
+    if (numberOfLines != UNSET && numberOfLines != 0) {
       maximumNumberOfLines = numberOfLines;
     }