diff --git a/src/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Testing/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzer.Testing/Extensions/IVerifierExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Testing/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzer.Testing/Extensions/IVerifierExtensions.cs
index 0bffc225c..c43333919 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Testing/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzer.Testing/Extensions/IVerifierExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Testing/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzer.Testing/Extensions/IVerifierExtensions.cs
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using DiffPlex;
 using DiffPlex.DiffBuilder;
 using DiffPlex.DiffBuilder.Model;
+using DiffPlex.Model;
 
 namespace Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Testing
 {
@@ -14,6 +18,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Testing
     /// </summary>
     public static class IVerifierExtensions
     {
+        private static readonly InlineDiffBuilder s_diffWithoutLineEndings = new InlineDiffBuilder(new Differ());
+        private static readonly InlineDiffBuilder s_diffWithLineEndings = new InlineDiffBuilder(new DifferWithLineEndings());
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Asserts that two strings are equal, and prints a diff between the two if they are not.
         /// </summary>
@@ -27,14 +34,19 @@ public static void EqualOrDiff(this IVerifier verifier, string expected, string
 
             if (expected != actual)
             {
-                var diffBuilder = new InlineDiffBuilder(new Differ());
-                var diff = diffBuilder.BuildDiffModel(expected, actual, ignoreWhitespace: false);
+                var diff = s_diffWithoutLineEndings.BuildDiffModel(expected, actual, ignoreWhitespace: false);
                 var messageBuilder = new StringBuilder();
                 messageBuilder.AppendLine(
                     string.IsNullOrEmpty(message)
                         ? "Actual and expected values differ. Expected shown in baseline of diff:"
                         : message);
 
+                if (!diff.Lines.Any(line => line.Type == ChangeType.Inserted || line.Type == ChangeType.Deleted))
+                {
+                    // We have a failure only caused by line ending differences; recalculate with line endings visible
+                    diff = s_diffWithLineEndings.BuildDiffModel(expected, actual, ignoreWhitespace: false);
+                }
+
                 foreach (var line in diff.Lines)
                 {
                     switch (line.Type)
@@ -56,5 +68,80 @@ public static void EqualOrDiff(this IVerifier verifier, string expected, string
                 verifier.Fail(messageBuilder.ToString());
             }
         }
+
+        private class DifferWithLineEndings : IDiffer
+        {
+            private const string CarriageReturnText = "<CR>";
+            private const string LineFeedText = "<LF>";
+
+            private static readonly char[] s_endOfLineCharacters = { '\r', '\n' };
+            private static readonly Differ s_differ = new Differ();
+
+            public DiffResult CreateCharacterDiffs(string oldText, string newText, bool ignoreWhitespace)
+                => s_differ.CreateCharacterDiffs(oldText, newText, ignoreWhitespace);
+
+            public DiffResult CreateCharacterDiffs(string oldText, string newText, bool ignoreWhitespace, bool ignoreCase)
+                => s_differ.CreateCharacterDiffs(oldText, newText, ignoreWhitespace, ignoreCase);
+
+            public DiffResult CreateCustomDiffs(string oldText, string newText, bool ignoreWhiteSpace, Func<string, string[]> chunker)
+                => s_differ.CreateCustomDiffs(oldText, newText, ignoreWhiteSpace, chunker);
+
+            public DiffResult CreateCustomDiffs(string oldText, string newText, bool ignoreWhiteSpace, bool ignoreCase, Func<string, string[]> chunker)
+                => s_differ.CreateCustomDiffs(oldText, newText, ignoreWhiteSpace, ignoreCase, chunker);
+
+            public DiffResult CreateLineDiffs(string oldText, string newText, bool ignoreWhitespace)
+                => CreateLineDiffs(oldText, newText, ignoreWhitespace, ignoreCase: false);
+
+            public DiffResult CreateLineDiffs(string oldText, string newText, bool ignoreWhitespace, bool ignoreCase)
+            {
+                Func<string, string[]> chunker = s =>
+                {
+                    var lines = new List<string>();
+
+                    var nextChar = 0;
+                    while (nextChar < s.Length)
+                    {
+                        var nextEol = s.IndexOfAny(s_endOfLineCharacters, nextChar);
+                        if (nextEol == -1)
+                        {
+                            lines.Add(s.Substring(nextChar));
+                            break;
+                        }
+
+                        var currentLine = s.Substring(nextChar, nextEol - nextChar);
+
+                        switch (s[nextEol])
+                        {
+                            case '\r':
+                                currentLine += CarriageReturnText;
+                                if (nextEol < s.Length - 1 && s[nextEol + 1] == '\n')
+                                {
+                                    currentLine += LineFeedText;
+                                    nextEol++;
+                                }
+
+                                break;
+
+                            case '\n':
+                                currentLine += LineFeedText;
+                                break;
+                        }
+
+                        lines.Add(currentLine);
+                        nextChar = nextEol + 1;
+                    }
+
+                    return lines.ToArray();
+                };
+
+                return CreateCustomDiffs(oldText, newText, ignoreWhitespace, ignoreCase, chunker);
+            }
+
+            public DiffResult CreateWordDiffs(string oldText, string newText, bool ignoreWhitespace, char[] separators)
+                => s_differ.CreateWordDiffs(oldText, newText, ignoreWhitespace, separators);
+
+            public DiffResult CreateWordDiffs(string oldText, string newText, bool ignoreWhitespace, bool ignoreCase, char[] separators)
+                => s_differ.CreateWordDiffs(oldText, newText, ignoreWhitespace, ignoreCase, separators);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Testing/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzer.Testing.UnitTests/VerifierExtensionsTests.cs b/tests/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Testing/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzer.Testing.UnitTests/VerifierExtensionsTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb850de69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Testing/Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Analyzer.Testing.UnitTests/VerifierExtensionsTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.Testing
+{
+    public class VerifierExtensionsTests
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        [WorkItem(876, "https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn-sdk/issues/876")]
+        public void VerifyContentWithMixedLineEndings1()
+        {
+            var baseline =
+                "Line 1\r\n"
+                + "Line 2\r\n"
+                + "Line 3\r\n"
+                + "Line 4\r\n"
+                + "Line 5\r\n"
+                + "Line 6\r\n";
+            var modified =
+                "Line 1\r"
+                + "Line 2\r\n"
+                + "Line 3\n"
+                + "Line 4\r"
+                + "Line 5\r\n"
+                + "Line 6\n";
+
+            var exception = Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => new DefaultVerifier().EqualOrDiff(baseline, modified));
+            Assert.Equal(
+                $"Actual and expected values differ. Expected shown in baseline of diff:{Environment.NewLine}"
+                + $"-Line 1<CR><LF>{Environment.NewLine}"
+                + $"+Line 1<CR>{Environment.NewLine}"
+                + $" Line 2<CR><LF>{Environment.NewLine}"
+                + $"-Line 3<CR><LF>{Environment.NewLine}"
+                + $"-Line 4<CR><LF>{Environment.NewLine}"
+                + $"+Line 3<LF>{Environment.NewLine}"
+                + $"+Line 4<CR>{Environment.NewLine}"
+                + $" Line 5<CR><LF>{Environment.NewLine}"
+                + $"-Line 6<CR><LF>{Environment.NewLine}"
+                + $"+Line 6<LF>{Environment.NewLine}",
+                exception.Message);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        [WorkItem(876, "https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn-sdk/issues/876")]
+        public void VerifyContentWithMixedLineEnding2()
+        {
+            var baseline =
+                "Line 1\n"
+                + "Line 2\n"
+                + "Line 3\n"
+                + "Line 4\n"
+                + "Line 5\n"
+                + "Line 6\n";
+            var modified =
+                "Line 1\r"
+                + "Line 2\r\n"
+                + "Line 3\n"
+                + "Line 4\r"
+                + "Line 5\r\n"
+                + "Line 6\n";
+
+            var exception = Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => new DefaultVerifier().EqualOrDiff(baseline, modified));
+            Assert.Equal(
+                $"Actual and expected values differ. Expected shown in baseline of diff:{Environment.NewLine}"
+                + $"-Line 1<LF>{Environment.NewLine}"
+                + $"-Line 2<LF>{Environment.NewLine}"
+                + $"+Line 1<CR>{Environment.NewLine}"
+                + $"+Line 2<CR><LF>{Environment.NewLine}"
+                + $" Line 3<LF>{Environment.NewLine}"
+                + $"-Line 4<LF>{Environment.NewLine}"
+                + $"-Line 5<LF>{Environment.NewLine}"
+                + $"+Line 4<CR>{Environment.NewLine}"
+                + $"+Line 5<CR><LF>{Environment.NewLine}"
+                + $" Line 6<LF>{Environment.NewLine}",
+                exception.Message);
+        }
+    }
+}