diff --git a/docs/library/binascii.rst b/docs/library/binascii.rst
index fc621a8abe..6c02f019aa 100644
--- a/docs/library/binascii.rst
+++ b/docs/library/binascii.rst
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ Functions
    Conforms to `RFC 2045 s.6.8 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2045#section-6.8>`_.
    Returns a bytes object.
 
-.. function:: b2a_base64(data)
+.. function:: b2a_base64(data, *, newline=True)
 
    Encode binary data in base64 format, as in `RFC 3548
    <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3548.html>`_. Returns the encoded data
-   followed by a newline character, as a bytes object.
+   followed by a newline character if newline is true, as a bytes object.
diff --git a/extmod/modubinascii.c b/extmod/modubinascii.c
index fab7717c4e..b34f232c62 100644
--- a/extmod/modubinascii.c
+++ b/extmod/modubinascii.c
@@ -165,12 +165,20 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t mod_binascii_a2b_base64(mp_obj_t data) {
 }
 STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_1(mod_binascii_a2b_base64_obj, mod_binascii_a2b_base64);
 
-STATIC mp_obj_t mod_binascii_b2a_base64(mp_obj_t data) {
+STATIC mp_obj_t mod_binascii_b2a_base64(size_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *pos_args, mp_map_t *kw_args) {
+    enum { ARG_newline };
+    static const mp_arg_t allowed_args[] = {
+        { MP_QSTR_newline, MP_ARG_BOOL, {.u_bool = true} },
+    };
+
+    mp_arg_val_t args[MP_ARRAY_SIZE(allowed_args)];
+    mp_arg_parse_all(n_args - 1, pos_args + 1, kw_args, MP_ARRAY_SIZE(allowed_args), allowed_args, args);
+    uint8_t newline = args[ARG_newline].u_bool;
     mp_buffer_info_t bufinfo;
-    mp_get_buffer_raise(data, &bufinfo, MP_BUFFER_READ);
+    mp_get_buffer_raise(pos_args[0], &bufinfo, MP_BUFFER_READ);
 
     vstr_t vstr;
-    vstr_init_len(&vstr, ((bufinfo.len != 0) ? (((bufinfo.len - 1) / 3) + 1) * 4 : 0) + 1);
+    vstr_init_len(&vstr, ((bufinfo.len != 0) ? (((bufinfo.len - 1) / 3) + 1) * 4 : 0) + newline);
 
     // First pass, we convert input buffer to numeric base 64 values
     byte *in = bufinfo.buf, *out = (byte *)vstr.buf;
@@ -196,7 +204,7 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t mod_binascii_b2a_base64(mp_obj_t data) {
 
     // Second pass, we convert number base 64 values to actual base64 ascii encoding
     out = (byte *)vstr.buf;
-    for (mp_uint_t j = vstr.len - 1; j--;) {
+    for (mp_uint_t j = vstr.len - newline; j--;) {
         if (*out < 26) {
             *out += 'A';
         } else if (*out < 52) {
@@ -212,10 +220,12 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t mod_binascii_b2a_base64(mp_obj_t data) {
         }
         out++;
     }
-    *out = '\n';
+    if (newline) {
+        *out = '\n';
+    }
     return mp_obj_new_str_from_vstr(&mp_type_bytes, &vstr);
 }
-STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_1(mod_binascii_b2a_base64_obj, mod_binascii_b2a_base64);
+STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_KW(mod_binascii_b2a_base64_obj, 1, mod_binascii_b2a_base64);
 
 #if MICROPY_PY_UBINASCII_CRC32
 #include "lib/uzlib/tinf.h"
diff --git a/tests/extmod/ubinascii_b2a_base64.py b/tests/extmod/ubinascii_b2a_base64.py
index 9c100f972b..3f92488969 100644
--- a/tests/extmod/ubinascii_b2a_base64.py
+++ b/tests/extmod/ubinascii_b2a_base64.py
@@ -20,3 +20,6 @@ print(binascii.b2a_base64(b"\x08\x09\x0a\x0b\x0c\x0d\x0e\x0f"))
 print(binascii.b2a_base64(b"\x7f\x80\xff"))
 print(binascii.b2a_base64(b"1234ABCDabcd"))
 print(binascii.b2a_base64(b"\x00\x00>"))  # convert into '+'
+
+print(binascii.b2a_base64(b"foobar", newline=True))
+print(binascii.b2a_base64(b"foobar", newline=False))