diff --git a/src/Adapter/AbstractAdapter.php b/src/Adapter/AbstractAdapter.php
index 6d6a436..e982b63 100644
--- a/src/Adapter/AbstractAdapter.php
+++ b/src/Adapter/AbstractAdapter.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 use Zend\Console\Charset;
 use Zend\Console\Exception;
+use Zend\Stdlib\StringUtils;
 
 /**
  * Common console adapter codebase
@@ -73,8 +74,6 @@ public function writeText($text, $color = null, $bgColor = null)
 
     /**
      * Write a single line of text to console and advance cursor to the next line.
-     * If the text length matches console window width no newline character will be added,
-     * which prevents double empty lines.
      *
      * @param string   $text
      * @param null|int $color
@@ -82,21 +81,7 @@ public function writeText($text, $color = null, $bgColor = null)
      */
     public function writeLine($text = "", $color = null, $bgColor = null)
     {
-        $width = $this->getStringWidth($text);
-
-        // Remove newline characters from the end of string
-        $text = trim($text, "\r\n");
-
-        // Replace newline characters with spaces
-        $text = str_replace("\n", " ", $text);
-
-        // Write the line but refuse to add EOL if the text fits the window
-        if ($width % $this->getWidth() === 0) {
-            $this->write($text, $color, $bgColor);
-        } else {
-            $this->write($text, $color, $bgColor);
-            $this->write(PHP_EOL);
-        }
+        $this->write($text . PHP_EOL, $color, $bgColor);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -224,7 +209,7 @@ public function writeBox(
             }
 
         } elseif ($fillStyle) {
-            $fillChar = $this->stringTrim($fillStyle, 1);
+            $fillChar = StringUtils::getWrapper()->substr($fillStyle, 0, 1);
         } else {
             $fillChar = ' ';
         }
@@ -483,56 +468,6 @@ public function clearScreen()
         return $this->clear();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Helper function that return string length as rendered in console.
-     *
-     * @static
-     * @param $string
-     * @return int
-     */
-    protected function getStringWidth($string)
-    {
-        $width = strlen($string);
-
-        if (!$this->isUtf8()) {
-            return $width;
-        }
-
-        if (static::$hasMBString === null) {
-            static::$hasMBString = extension_loaded( 'mbstring' );
-        }
-
-        $width = (static::$hasMBString)
-               ? mb_strlen($string, 'UTF-8' )
-               : strlen(utf8_decode($string));
-
-        return $width;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Trim a string in an encoding-safe way
-     *
-     * @param  mixed $string
-     * @param  mixed $length
-     * @return int
-     */
-    protected function stringTrim($string, $length)
-    {
-        if ($this->isUtf8()) {
-            if (static::$hasMBString === null) {
-                static::$hasMBString = extension_loaded('mbstring');
-            }
-
-            if (static::$hasMBString) {
-                return mb_strcut($string, 0, $length, 'UTF-8');
-            }
-
-            return substr(utf8_decode($string), 0, $length);
-        }
-
-        return substr($string, 0, $length);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Read a single line from the console input
      *
diff --git a/src/Adapter/Posix.php b/src/Adapter/Posix.php
index 3044a63..7e5c505 100644
--- a/src/Adapter/Posix.php
+++ b/src/Adapter/Posix.php
@@ -92,6 +92,24 @@ class Posix extends AbstractAdapter
      */
     protected $lastTTYMode = null;
 
+    /**
+     * Write a single line of text to console and advance cursor to the next line.
+     *
+     * This override works around a bug in some terminals that cause the background color
+     * to fill the next line after EOL. To remedy this, we are sending the colored string with
+     * appropriate color reset sequences before sending EOL character.
+     *
+     * @link https://github.com/zendframework/zf2/issues/4167
+     * @param string   $text
+     * @param null|int $color
+     * @param null|int $bgColor
+     */
+    public function writeLine($text = "", $color = null, $bgColor = null)
+    {
+        $this->write($text, $color, $bgColor);
+        $this->write(PHP_EOL);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Determine and return current console width.
      *
diff --git a/test/Adapter/AbstractAdapterTest.php b/test/Adapter/AbstractAdapterTest.php
index b5cc02e..06e0946 100644
--- a/test/Adapter/AbstractAdapterTest.php
+++ b/test/Adapter/AbstractAdapterTest.php
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ public function testWriteLine()
 
         ob_start();
         $this->adapter->writeLine("foo\nbar");
-        $this->assertEquals("foo bar" . PHP_EOL, ob_get_clean());
+        $this->assertEquals("foo\nbar" . PHP_EOL, ob_get_clean());
 
         ob_start();
         $this->adapter->writeLine("\rfoo\r");
-        $this->assertEquals("foo" . PHP_EOL, ob_get_clean());
+        $this->assertEquals("\rfoo\r" . PHP_EOL, ob_get_clean());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -71,57 +71,14 @@ public function testWriteLineOverflowAndWidthMatch()
         $this->adapter->setTestWidth(80);
 
         ob_start();
-        $line = str_repeat('#',80);
+        $line = str_repeat('#', 80);
         $this->adapter->writeLine($line);
-        $this->assertEquals($line, ob_get_clean(), 'No newline because text matches console window width');
+        $this->assertEquals($line . PHP_EOL, ob_get_clean());
 
         ob_start();
         $line2 = $line . '#';
         $this->adapter->writeLine($line2);
-        $this->assertEquals($line . '#' . PHP_EOL, ob_get_clean());
-
-        ob_start();
-        $line3 = $line . $line;
-        $this->adapter->writeLine($line3);
-        $this->assertEquals($line3, ob_get_clean(), 'No newline because text matches console window width');
-
-
-        // make sure console is reported as utf8 compatible
-        $this->adapter->setTestUtf8(true);
-
-        ob_start();
-        $line = str_repeat('ź',80);
-        $this->adapter->writeLine($line);
-        $this->assertEquals($line, ob_get_clean(), 'No newline because text matches console window width');
-
-        ob_start();
-        $line2 = $line . 'ź';
-        $this->adapter->writeLine($line2);
-        $this->assertEquals($line . 'ź' . PHP_EOL, ob_get_clean());
-
-        ob_start();
-        $line3 = $line . $line;
-        $this->adapter->writeLine($line3);
-        $this->assertEquals($line3, ob_get_clean(), 'No newline because text matches console window width');
-
-
-        // attempt to test utf8 string on a non-utf8 console (which should result in utf8 decoding)
-        $this->adapter->setTestUtf8(false);
-
-        ob_start();
-        $line = str_repeat('ź',80);
-        $this->adapter->writeLine($line);
-        $this->assertEquals($line, ob_get_clean(), 'No newline because text matches console window width');
-
-        ob_start();
-        $line2 = $line . 'ź';
-        $this->adapter->writeLine($line2);
-        $this->assertEquals($line . 'ź' . PHP_EOL, ob_get_clean());
-
-        ob_start();
-        $line3 = $line . $line;
-        $this->adapter->writeLine($line3);
-        $this->assertEquals($line3, ob_get_clean(), 'No newline because text matches console window width');
+        $this->assertEquals($line2 . PHP_EOL, ob_get_clean());
     }
 
     public function testReadLine()