diff --git a/dist/index.html b/dist/index.html
index eb27c6593..615c9a537 100644
--- a/dist/index.html
+++ b/dist/index.html
@@ -313,6 +313,18 @@ class A someclass;
     classDef someclass fill:#f96;
     class A someclass;
   </div>
+  <div class="mermaid">
+    graph LR
+    A1[Multi<br>Line] -->|Multi<br>Line| B1(Multi<br>Line)
+    C1[Multi<br/>Line] -->|Multi<br/>Line| D1(Multi<br/>Line)
+    E1[Multi<br />Line] -->|Multi<br />Line| F1(Multi<br />Line)
+    A2[Multi<br>Line] -->|Multi<br>Line| B2(Multi<br>Line)
+    C2[Multi<br/>Line] -->|Multi<br/>Line| D2(Multi<br/>Line)
+    E2[Multi<br />Line] -->|Multi<br />Line| F2(Multi<br />Line)
+    linkStyle 0 stroke:DarkGray,stroke-width:2px
+    linkStyle 1 stroke:DarkGray,stroke-width:2px
+    linkStyle 2 stroke:DarkGray,stroke-width:2px
+  </div>
 
   <hr/>
 
diff --git a/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer.js b/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer.js
index ee680532f..524742b39 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer.js
@@ -239,18 +239,18 @@ export const addEdges = function(edges, g) {
       }
     } else {
       edgeData.arrowheadStyle = 'fill: #333';
-      if (typeof edge.style === 'undefined') {
-        edgeData.labelpos = 'c';
-        if (getConfig().flowchart.htmlLabels) {
-          edgeData.labelType = 'html';
-          edgeData.label = '<span class="edgeLabel">' + edge.text + '</span>';
-        } else {
-          edgeData.labelType = 'text';
-          edgeData.style = edgeData.style || 'stroke: #333; stroke-width: 1.5px;fill:none';
-          edgeData.label = edge.text.replace(/<br>/g, '\n');
-        }
+      edgeData.labelpos = 'c';
+
+      if (getConfig().flowchart.htmlLabels) {
+        edgeData.labelType = 'html';
+        edgeData.label = '<span class="edgeLabel">' + edge.text + '</span>';
       } else {
-        edgeData.label = edge.text.replace(/<br>/g, '\n');
+        edgeData.labelType = 'text';
+        edgeData.label = edge.text.replace(/<br ?\/?>/g, '\n');
+
+        if (typeof edge.style === 'undefined') {
+          edgeData.style = edgeData.style || 'stroke: #333; stroke-width: 1.5px;fill:none';
+        }
       }
     }
     // Add the edge to the graph
diff --git a/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer.spec.js b/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer.spec.js
index 0e49dbf71..fe31292cc 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer.spec.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer.spec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { addVertices } from './flowRenderer';
+import { addVertices, addEdges } from './flowRenderer';
 import { setConfig } from '../../config';
 
 setConfig({
@@ -94,4 +94,32 @@ describe('the flowchart renderer', function() {
       expect(addedNodes[0][1]).toHaveProperty('labelStyle', expectedLabelStyle);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('when adding edges to a graph', function() {
+    it('should handle multiline texts and set centered label position', function() {
+      const addedEdges = [];
+      const mockG = {
+        setEdge: function(s, e, data, c) {
+          addedEdges.push(data);
+        }
+      };
+      addEdges(
+        [
+          { text: 'Multi<br>Line' },
+          { text: 'Multi<br/>Line' },
+          { text: 'Multi<br />Line' },
+          { style: ['stroke:DarkGray', 'stroke-width:2px'], text: 'Multi<br>Line' },
+          { style: ['stroke:DarkGray', 'stroke-width:2px'], text: 'Multi<br/>Line' },
+          { style: ['stroke:DarkGray', 'stroke-width:2px'], text: 'Multi<br />Line' }
+        ],
+        mockG,
+        'svg-id'
+      );
+
+      addedEdges.forEach(function(edge) {
+        expect(edge).toHaveProperty('label', 'Multi\nLine');
+        expect(edge).toHaveProperty('labelpos', 'c');
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });