diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4d6e8cec..164228ba 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Unreleased
+----------
+ - Preserve leading and trailing CR/LF bytes in binary SOAP attachments
+   (#1249, #1481).
+
 4.3.3 (2026-06-18)
 ------------------
  - Wire up the ``forbid_external`` setting (previously defined but unused
diff --git a/src/zeep/wsdl/attachments.py b/src/zeep/wsdl/attachments.py
index 44e09900..6a4737da 100644
--- a/src/zeep/wsdl/attachments.py
+++ b/src/zeep/wsdl/attachments.py
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ def content(self):
 
         if encoding == "base64":
             return base64.b64decode(content)
-        elif encoding == "binary":
-            return content.strip(b"\r\n")
         else:
+            # MultipartDecoder has already removed the MIME boundary framing.
             return content
diff --git a/tests/test_soap_xop.py b/tests/test_soap_xop.py
index 9c010114..c89ec37b 100644
--- a/tests/test_soap_xop.py
+++ b/tests/test_soap_xop.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from io import StringIO
 
+import pytest
 import requests_mock
 from lxml import etree
 from pretend import stub
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ def test_rebuild_xml():
             <submitClaim>
             <accountNumber>5XJ45-3B2</accountNumber>
             <eventType>accident</eventType>
-            <image xop-mime:content-type="image/jpeg">Li4uYmluYXJ5IEpQRyBpbWFnZS4uLg==</image>
+            <image xop-mime:content-type="image/jpeg">Li4uYmluYXJ5IEpQRyBpbWFnZS4uLg0K</image>
             </submitClaim>
           </soap:Body>
         </soap:Envelope>
@@ -76,6 +77,33 @@ def test_rebuild_xml():
     assert_nodes_equal(etree.tostring(document), expected)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "content",
+    [
+        b"binary\r\n",
+        b"\r\nbinary",
+        b"\r\nbinary\r\n",
+        b"\r\n",
+        b"\x00\xff\r\n",
+        b"binary",
+        b"",
+    ],
+)
+def test_binary_attachment_preserves_content(content):
+    data = (
+        b"--MIME_boundary\r\n"
+        b"Content-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n"
+        b"Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary\r\n"
+        b"Content-ID: <attachment@test>\r\n\r\n"
+        + content
+        + b"\r\n--MIME_boundary--\r\n"
+    )
+    decoder = MultipartDecoder(data, "multipart/related; boundary=MIME_boundary")
+    assert decoder.parts[0].content == content
+    message_pack = MessagePack(parts=decoder.parts)
+    assert message_pack.attachments[0].content == content
+
+
 def get_client_service():
     wsdl_main = StringIO(
         """
@@ -249,7 +277,8 @@ def test_xop():
             headers={"Content-Type": content_type},
         )
         result = service.TestOperation2("")
-        assert result["_value_1"] == b"BINARYDATA"
+        # The extra CRLF before the MIME boundary belongs to the binary payload.
+        assert result["_value_1"] == b"BINARYDATA\r\n"
 
         m.post(
             "http://tests.python-zeep.org/test",
@@ -302,4 +331,4 @@ def test_xop_cid_encoded():
             headers={"Content-Type": content_type},
         )
         result = service.TestOperation2("")
-        assert result["_value_1"] == b"BINARYDATA"
+        assert result["_value_1"] == b"BINARYDATA\r\n"