diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index aad9ac887..502999ea5 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const childProcess = require('child_process');
 const crossSpawn = require('cross-spawn');
-const stripEof = require('strip-eof');
+const stripFinalNewline = require('strip-final-newline');
 const npmRunPath = require('npm-run-path');
 const isStream = require('is-stream');
 const _getStream = require('get-stream');
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function handleArgs(cmd, args, opts) {
 	opts = Object.assign({
 		maxBuffer: TEN_MEGABYTES,
 		buffer: true,
-		stripEof: true,
+		stripFinalNewline: true,
 		preferLocal: true,
 		localDir: parsed.options.cwd || process.cwd(),
 		encoding: 'utf8',
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ function handleArgs(cmd, args, opts) {
 		cleanup: true
 	}, parsed.options);
 
+	// TODO: Remove in the next major release
+	if (opts.stripEof === false) {
+		opts.stripFinalNewline = false;
+	}
+
 	opts.stdio = stdio(opts);
 
 	if (opts.preferLocal) {
@@ -89,8 +94,8 @@ function handleInput(spawned, input) {
 }
 
 function handleOutput(opts, val) {
-	if (val && opts.stripEof) {
-		val = stripEof(val);
+	if (val && opts.stripFinalNewline) {
+		val = stripFinalNewline(val);
 	}
 
 	return val;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c0257b757..bbaffc133 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 		"npm-run-path": "^2.0.0",
 		"p-finally": "^1.0.0",
 		"signal-exit": "^3.0.0",
-		"strip-eof": "^1.0.0"
+		"strip-final-newline": "^2.0.0"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"ava": "*",
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index f3f533d92..161da6bb5 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -195,12 +195,12 @@ Default: `false`
 
 If `true`, runs `command` inside of a shell. Uses `/bin/sh` on UNIX and `cmd.exe` on Windows. A different shell can be specified as a string. The shell should understand the `-c` switch on UNIX or `/d /s /c` on Windows.
 
-#### stripEof
+#### stripFinalNewline
 
 Type: `boolean`<br>
 Default: `true`
 
-[Strip EOF](https://github.com/sindresorhus/strip-eof) (last newline) from the output.
+Strip the final [newline character](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newline) from the output.
 
 #### preferLocal
 
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index c85e91c26..5757ed10a 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -138,11 +138,16 @@ test('skip throwing when using reject option in execa.shellSync()', t => {
 	t.is(typeof err.stderr, 'string');
 });
 
-test('stripEof option', async t => {
+test('stripEof option (legacy)', async t => {
 	const {stdout} = await m('noop', ['foo'], {stripEof: false});
 	t.is(stdout, 'foo\n');
 });
 
+test('stripFinalNewline option', async t => {
+	const {stdout} = await m('noop', ['foo'], {stripFinalNewline: false});
+	t.is(stdout, 'foo\n');
+});
+
 test.serial('preferLocal option', async t => {
 	t.true((await m('cat-names')).stdout.length > 2);