diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index 9b922ed918..bc0d4be12b 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ def __init__(self, allow_unicode=False, **kwargs):
         if self.allow_unicode:
             validator = RegexValidator(re.compile(r'^[-\w]+\Z', re.UNICODE), message=self.error_messages['invalid_unicode'])
         else:
-            validator = RegexValidator(re.compile(r'^[-a-zA-Z0-9_]+$'), message=self.error_messages['invalid'])
+            validator = RegexValidator(re.compile(r'^[-a-zA-Z0-9_]+\Z'), message=self.error_messages['invalid'])
         self.validators.append(validator)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_fields.py b/tests/test_fields.py
index 4cbbc030e3..f55d3e4bf0 100644
--- a/tests/test_fields.py
+++ b/tests/test_fields.py
@@ -983,6 +983,14 @@ class TestSlugField(FieldValues):
     outputs = {}
     field = serializers.SlugField()
 
+    def test_trailing_newline_is_invalid(self):
+        # `$` would also match before a trailing newline; Django's own slug
+        # validators reject it.
+        for allow_unicode in (False, True):
+            field = serializers.SlugField(allow_unicode=allow_unicode, trim_whitespace=False)
+            with pytest.raises(serializers.ValidationError):
+                field.run_validation('slug-99\n')
+
     def test_allow_unicode_true(self):
         field = serializers.SlugField(allow_unicode=True)