diff --git a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFSDTContent.java b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFSDTContent.java
index 39b385396..de12a9216 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFSDTContent.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/java/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/XWPFSDTContent.java
@@ -83,18 +83,23 @@ public class XWPFSDTContent  {
 
     public String getText(){
         StringBuilder text = new StringBuilder();
+        boolean addNewLine = false;
         for (int i = 0; i < bodyElements.size(); i++){
             Object o = bodyElements.get(i);
             if (o instanceof XWPFParagraph){
                 text.append(((XWPFParagraph)o).getText());
+                addNewLine = true;
             } else if (o instanceof XWPFTable){
                 text.append(((XWPFTable)o).getText());
+                addNewLine = true;
             } else if (o instanceof XWPFSDT){
                 text.append(((XWPFSDT)o).getContent().getText());
+                addNewLine = true;
             } else if (o instanceof XWPFRun){
                 text.append(((XWPFRun)o).toString());
+                addNewLine = false;
             }
-            if (i < bodyElements.size()-1){
+            if (addNewLine == true && i < bodyElements.size()-1){
                 text.append("\n");
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFSDT.java b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFSDT.java
index 2359beac2..f1a585567 100644
--- a/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFSDT.java
+++ b/src/ooxml/testcases/org/apache/poi/xwpf/usermodel/TestXWPFSDT.java
@@ -93,6 +93,31 @@ public final class TestXWPFSDT extends TestCase {
         }
         assertEquals("SDT as cell known failure", false, found);
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * POI-55142 and Tika 1130
+     */
+    public void testNewLinesBetweenRuns() throws Exception{
+       XWPFDocument doc = XWPFTestDataSamples.openSampleDocument("Bug55142.docx");
+       List<XWPFSDT> sdts = extractAllSDTs(doc);
+       List<String> targs = new ArrayList<String>();
+       //these test newlines and tabs in paragraphs/body elements
+       targs.add("Rich-text1 abcdefghi");
+       targs.add("Rich-text2 abcd\t\tefgh");
+       targs.add("Rich-text3 abcd\nefg");
+       targs.add("Rich-text4 abcdefg");
+       targs.add("Rich-text5 abcdefg\nhijk");
+       targs.add("Plain-text1 abcdefg");
+       targs.add("Plain-text2 abcdefg\nhijk\nlmnop");
+       //this tests consecutive runs within a cell (not a paragraph)
+       //this test case was triggered by Tika-1130
+       targs.add("sdt_incell2 abcdefg");
+       
+       for (int i = 0; i < sdts.size(); i++){
+          XWPFSDT sdt = sdts.get(i);
+          assertEquals(targs.get(i), targs.get(i), sdt.getContent().getText());
+       }
+    }
 
     private List<XWPFSDT> extractAllSDTs(XWPFDocument doc){
 
diff --git a/test-data/document/Bug55142.docx b/test-data/document/Bug55142.docx
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