diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9654176d5..b8b2a003b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ ver 0.22.2 (not yet released)
 * database
   - simple: purge songs and virtual directories for unavailable plugins
     on update
+* input
+  - qobuz/tidal: fix protocol errors due to newlines in error messages
+* playlist
+  - soundcloud: fix protocol errors due to newlines in error messages
 * state_file: save on shutdown
 
 ver 0.22.1 (2020/10/17)
diff --git a/src/lib/yajl/Handle.cxx b/src/lib/yajl/Handle.cxx
index fbfc8ac02..6a1741b10 100644
--- a/src/lib/yajl/Handle.cxx
+++ b/src/lib/yajl/Handle.cxx
@@ -30,6 +30,24 @@
 #include "Handle.hxx"
 #include "util/RuntimeError.hxx"
 #include "util/ScopeExit.hxx"
+#include "util/StringStrip.hxx"
+
+#include <cstring>
+
+/**
+ * Strip whitespace at the beginning and end and replace newline
+ * characters which are illegal in the MPD protocol.
+ */
+static const char *
+StripErrorMessage(char *s) noexcept
+{
+	s = Strip(s);
+
+	while (auto newline = std::strchr(s, '\n'))
+		*newline = ';';
+
+	return s;
+}
 
 namespace Yajl {
 
@@ -41,7 +59,9 @@ Handle::ThrowError()
 	AtScopeExit(this, str) {
 		yajl_free_error(handle, str);
 	};
-	throw FormatRuntimeError("Failed to parse JSON: %s", str);
+
+	throw FormatRuntimeError("Failed to parse JSON: %s",
+				 StripErrorMessage((char *)str));
 }
 
 } // namespace Yajl