diff --git a/markdownify/__init__.py b/markdownify/__init__.py
index 28cdaf6..27fb4ff 100644
--- a/markdownify/__init__.py
+++ b/markdownify/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 re_newline_whitespace = re.compile(r'[\t \r\n]*[\r\n][\t \r\n]*')
 re_html_heading = re.compile(r'h(\d+)')
 re_pre_lstrip1 = re.compile(r'^ *\n')
-re_pre_rstrip1 = re.compile(r'\n *$')
+re_pre_rstrip1 = re.compile(r'\n *\Z')
 re_pre_lstrip = re.compile(r'^[ \n]*\n')
 re_pre_rstrip = re.compile(r'[ \n]*$')
 
diff --git a/tests/test_args.py b/tests/test_args.py
index 838ef9d..1e996a0 100644
--- a/tests/test_args.py
+++ b/tests/test_args.py
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ def test_strip_pre():
     assert markdownify("<pre>  \n  \n  Hello  \n  \n  </pre>") == "```\n  Hello\n```"
     assert markdownify("<pre>  \n  \n  Hello  \n  \n  </pre>", strip_pre=STRIP) == "```\n  Hello\n```"
     assert markdownify("<pre>  \n  \n  Hello  \n  \n  </pre>", strip_pre=STRIP_ONE) == "```\n  \n  Hello  \n  \n```"
+    assert markdownify("<pre>\n\nHello\n\n</pre>", strip_pre=STRIP_ONE) == "```\n\nHello\n\n```"
+    assert markdownify("<pre>\n\nHello\n\n\n</pre>", strip_pre=STRIP_ONE) == "```\n\nHello\n\n\n```"
     assert markdownify("<pre>  \n  \n  Hello  \n  \n  </pre>", strip_pre=None) == "```\n  \n  \n  Hello  \n  \n  \n```"