diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 63d3684..651a39a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ go 1.12
 require (
 	github.com/anmitsu/go-shlex v0.0.0-20200514113438-38f4b401e2be
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220826181053-bd7e27e6170d
-	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220826154423-83b083e8dc8b // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220825204002-c680a09ffe64 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20220722155259-a9ba230a4035 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a4132b0..aa2d0eb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,28 +1,15 @@
 github.com/anmitsu/go-shlex v0.0.0-20200514113438-38f4b401e2be h1:9AeTilPcZAjCFIImctFaOjnTIavg87rW78vTPkQqLI8=
 github.com/anmitsu/go-shlex v0.0.0-20200514113438-38f4b401e2be/go.mod h1:ySMOLuWl6zY27l47sB3qLNK6tF2fkHG55UZxx8oIVo4=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210616213533-5ff15b29337e h1:gsTQYXdTw2Gq7RBsWvlQ91b+aEQ6bXFUngBGuR8sPpI=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210616213533-5ff15b29337e/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5ydBHafDWAxML/pGHZbMvKqRZ5+Abc=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220826181053-bd7e27e6170d h1:3qF+Z8Hkrw9sOhrFHti9TlB1Hkac1x+DNRkv0XQiFjo=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220826181053-bd7e27e6170d/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0A5j5BB6A9Jmi73HwBIUl50j+osU4=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210226172049-e18ecbb05110/go.mod h1:m0MpNAwzfU5UDzcl9v0D8zg8gWTRqZa9RBIspLL5mdg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211112202133-69e39bad7dc2/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220826154423-83b083e8dc8b h1:ZmngSVLe/wycRns9MKikG9OWIEjGcGAkacif7oYQaUY=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220826154423-83b083e8dc8b/go.mod h1:YDH+HFinaLZZlnHAfSS6ZXJJ9M9t4Dl22yv3iI2vPwk=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210423082822-04245dca01da/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210615035016-665e8c7367d1/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210616094352-59db8d763f22 h1:RqytpXGR1iVNX7psjB3ff8y7sNFinVFvkx1c8SjBkio=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210616094352-59db8d763f22/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220728004956-3c1f35247d10/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220825204002-c680a09ffe64 h1:UiNENfZ8gDvpiWw7IpOMQ27spWmThO1RwwdQVbJahJM=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220825204002-c680a09ffe64/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1 h1:v+OssWQX+hTHEmOBgwxdZxK4zHq3yOs8F9J7mk0PY8E=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
-golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20220722155259-a9ba230a4035 h1:Q5284mrmYTpACcm+eAKjKJH48BBwSyfJqmmGDTtT8Vc=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20220722155259-a9ba230a4035/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
-golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.6/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
-golang.org/x/text v0.3.7 h1:olpwvP2KacW1ZWvsR7uQhoyTYvKAupfQrRGBFM352Gk=
-golang.org/x/text v0.3.7/go.mod h1:u+2+/6zg+i71rQMx5EYifcz6MCKuco9NR6JIITiCfzQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
diff --git a/pty.go b/pty.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d54a20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pty.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package ssh
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io"
+)
+
+// NewPtyWriter creates a writer that handles when the session has a active
+// PTY, replacing the \n with \r\n.
+func NewPtyWriter(w io.Writer) io.Writer {
+	return ptyWriter{
+		w: w,
+	}
+}
+
+var _ io.Writer = ptyWriter{}
+
+type ptyWriter struct {
+	w io.Writer
+}
+
+func (w ptyWriter) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	m := len(p)
+	// normalize \n to \r\n when pty is accepted.
+	// this is a hardcoded shortcut since we don't support terminal modes.
+	p = bytes.Replace(p, []byte{'\n'}, []byte{'\r', '\n'}, -1)
+	p = bytes.Replace(p, []byte{'\r', '\r', '\n'}, []byte{'\r', '\n'}, -1)
+	n, err := w.w.Write(p)
+	if n > m {
+		n = m
+	}
+	return n, err
+}
+
+// NewPtyReadWriter return an io.ReadWriter that delegates the read to the
+// given io.ReadWriter, and the writes to a ptyWriter.
+func NewPtyReadWriter(rw io.ReadWriter) io.ReadWriter {
+	return readWriterDelegate{
+		w: NewPtyWriter(rw),
+		r: rw,
+	}
+}
+
+var _ io.ReadWriter = readWriterDelegate{}
+
+type readWriterDelegate struct {
+	w io.Writer
+	r io.Reader
+}
+
+func (rw readWriterDelegate) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	return rw.r.Read(p)
+}
+
+func (rw readWriterDelegate) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	return rw.w.Write(p)
+}
diff --git a/pty_test.go b/pty_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11db762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pty_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package ssh_test
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/gliderlabs/ssh"
+)
+
+func TestNewPtyWriter(t *testing.T) {
+	in := "\nfoo\r\nbar\nmore text\rmore\r\r\r\nfoo\n\n"
+	out := "\r\nfoo\r\nbar\r\nmore text\rmore\r\r\r\nfoo\r\n\r\n"
+	var b bytes.Buffer
+	n, err := ssh.NewPtyWriter(&b).Write([]byte(in))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error("did not expect an error", err)
+	}
+	if out != b.String() {
+		t.Errorf("outputs do not match, expected %q got %q", out, b.String())
+	}
+	if n != len(in) {
+		t.Errorf("expected to write %d bytes, wrote %d", len(in), n)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/session.go b/session.go
index 3a3ad70..6fa70c0 100644
--- a/session.go
+++ b/session.go
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package ssh
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"net"
 	"sync"
 
@@ -127,18 +127,16 @@ type session struct {
 	breakCh           chan<- bool
 }
 
-func (sess *session) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+func (sess *session) Stderr() io.ReadWriter {
 	if sess.pty != nil {
-		m := len(p)
-		// normalize \n to \r\n when pty is accepted.
-		// this is a hardcoded shortcut since we don't support terminal modes.
-		p = bytes.Replace(p, []byte{'\n'}, []byte{'\r', '\n'}, -1)
-		p = bytes.Replace(p, []byte{'\r', '\r', '\n'}, []byte{'\r', '\n'}, -1)
-		n, err = sess.Channel.Write(p)
-		if n > m {
-			n = m
-		}
-		return
+		return NewPtyReadWriter(sess.Channel.Stderr())
+	}
+	return sess.Channel.Stderr()
+}
+
+func (sess *session) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	if sess.pty != nil {
+		return NewPtyWriter(sess.Channel).Write(p)
 	}
 	return sess.Channel.Write(p)
 }
@@ -242,7 +240,7 @@ func (sess *session) handleRequests(reqs <-chan *gossh.Request) {
 				continue
 			}
 
-			var payload = struct{ Value string }{}
+			payload := struct{ Value string }{}
 			gossh.Unmarshal(req.Payload, &payload)
 			sess.rawCmd = payload.Value
 
@@ -267,7 +265,7 @@ func (sess *session) handleRequests(reqs <-chan *gossh.Request) {
 				continue
 			}
 
-			var payload = struct{ Value string }{}
+			payload := struct{ Value string }{}
 			gossh.Unmarshal(req.Payload, &payload)
 			sess.subsystem = payload.Value
 
diff --git a/session_test.go b/session_test.go
index c6ce617..90b2500 100644
--- a/session_test.go
+++ b/session_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	gossh "golang.org/x/crypto/ssh"
 )
@@ -107,6 +108,30 @@ func TestStderr(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestPtyStderr(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	testBytes := []byte("Hello world\n\r\n")
+	expectBytes := []byte("Hello world\r\n\r\n")
+	session, _, cleanup := newTestSession(t, &Server{
+		Handler: func(s Session) {
+			s.Stderr().Write(testBytes)
+		},
+	}, nil)
+	err := session.RequestPty("xterm", 80, 40, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer cleanup()
+	var stderr bytes.Buffer
+	session.Stderr = &stderr
+	if err := session.Run(""); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(stderr.Bytes(), expectBytes) {
+		t.Fatalf("stderr = %#v; want %#v", stderr.Bytes(), expectBytes)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestStdin(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	testBytes := []byte("Hello world\n")
@@ -228,6 +253,34 @@ func TestPty(t *testing.T) {
 	<-done
 }
 
+func TestPtyWriter(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	term := "xterm"
+	winWidth := 40
+	winHeight := 80
+	session, _, cleanup := newTestSession(t, &Server{
+		Handler: func(s Session) {
+			_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(s, "foo\nbar")
+			time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
+			_, _ = fmt.Fprintln(s.Stderr(), "many\nerrors")
+			_ = s.Exit(0)
+		},
+	}, nil)
+	defer cleanup()
+	if err := session.RequestPty(term, winHeight, winWidth, gossh.TerminalModes{}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected nil but got %v", err)
+	}
+	bts, err := session.CombinedOutput("")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected nil but got %v", err)
+	}
+
+	expected := "foo\r\nbar\r\nmany\r\nerrors\r\n"
+	if expected != string(bts) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected output to be %q, got %q", expected, string(bts))
+	}
+}
+
 func TestPtyResize(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	winch0 := Window{40, 80}