diff --git a/lib/gitlab/chat_commands/issue_create.rb b/lib/gitlab/chat_commands/issue_create.rb
index 98338ebfa27..99c1382af44 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/chat_commands/issue_create.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/chat_commands/issue_create.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ module Gitlab
   module ChatCommands
     class IssueCreate < IssueCommand
       def self.match(text)
-        /\Aissue\s+create\s+(?<title>[^\n]*)\n*(?<description>.*)\z/.match(text)
+        # we can not match \n with the dot by passing the m modifier as than 
+        # the title and description are not seperated
+        /\Aissue\s+create\s+(?<title>[^\n]*)\n*(?<description>(.|\n)*)/.match(text)
       end
 
       def self.help_message
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ module Gitlab
 
       def execute(match)
         title = match[:title]
-        description = match[:description]
+        description = match[:description].to_s.rstrip
 
         Issues::CreateService.new(project, current_user, title: title, description: description).execute
       end
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/chat_commands/issue_create_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/chat_commands/issue_create_spec.rb
index df0c317ccea..dd07cff9243 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/chat_commands/issue_create_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/chat_commands/issue_create_spec.rb
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@ describe Gitlab::ChatCommands::IssueCreate, service: true do
         expect(Issue.last.description).to eq(description)
       end
     end
+
+    context "with more newlines between the title and the description" do
+      let(:description) { "Surfin bird" }
+      let(:regex_match) { described_class.match("issue create bird is the word\n\n#{description}\n") }
+
+      it 'creates the issue' do
+        expect { subject }.to change { project.issues.count }.by(1)
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe '.match' do