diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 6f837f9d06..545e0128d6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+* Add firstline tool
 * Add support for Python 3.9
 * Skip access check on ModelStorage instances
 * Eager load Function field with same multiple getter
diff --git a/doc/ref/tools/misc.rst b/doc/ref/tools/misc.rst
index 488db583fc..002cae545c 100644
--- a/doc/ref/tools/misc.rst
+++ b/doc/ref/tools/misc.rst
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ Resolve a dotted name to a global object.
 .. method:: sql_pairing(x, y)
 
 Return an SQL expression that pairs SQL integers x and y.
+
+.. method:: firstline(text)
+
+Return first non-empty line of a text field.
diff --git a/trytond/ir/attachment.py b/trytond/ir/attachment.py
index 7a25c64e9f..a2423e2776 100644
--- a/trytond/ir/attachment.py
+++ b/trytond/ir/attachment.py
@@ -7,19 +7,13 @@ from trytond.config import config
 from trytond.i18n import lazy_gettext
 from trytond.model import ModelView, ModelSQL, fields
 from trytond.pyson import Eval
+from trytond.tools import firstline
 from trytond.transaction import Transaction
 from .resource import ResourceMixin, resource_copy
 
 __all__ = ['AttachmentCopyMixin']
 
 
-def firstline(description):
-    try:
-        return next((x for x in description.splitlines() if x.strip()))
-    except StopIteration:
-        return ''
-
-
 if config.getboolean('attachment', 'filestore', default=True):
     file_id = 'file_id'
     store_prefix = config.get('attachment', 'store_prefix', default=None)
diff --git a/trytond/tests/test_tools.py b/trytond/tests/test_tools.py
index 90b3a31146..58a32a89f7 100644
--- a/trytond/tests/test_tools.py
+++ b/trytond/tests/test_tools.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import sql.operators
 from trytond.tools import (
     reduce_ids, reduce_domain, decimal_, is_instance_method, file_open,
     strip_wildcard, lstrip_wildcard, rstrip_wildcard, slugify, sortable_values,
-    escape_wildcard)
+    escape_wildcard, firstline)
 from trytond.tools.string_ import StringPartitioned, LazyString
 from trytond.tools.domain_inversion import (
     domain_inversion, parse, simplify, merge, concat, unique_value,
@@ -757,6 +757,18 @@ class DomainInversionTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
                 (('a', 1), ('b', None)),
                 ])
 
+    def test_firstline(self):
+        "Test firstline"
+        for text, result in [
+                ("", ""),
+                ("first line\nsecond line", "first line"),
+                ("\nsecond line", "second line"),
+                ("\n\nthird line", "third line"),
+                (" \nsecond line", "second line"),
+                ]:
+            with self.subTest(text=text, result=result):
+                self.assertEqual(firstline(text), result)
+
 
 def suite():
     func = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase
diff --git a/trytond/tools/__init__.py b/trytond/tools/__init__.py
index e8afa93657..e1f769fae0 100644
--- a/trytond/tools/__init__.py
+++ b/trytond/tools/__init__.py
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ from .misc import (
     file_open, get_smtp_server, reduce_ids, reduce_domain,
     grouped_slice, is_instance_method, resolve, strip_wildcard,
     lstrip_wildcard, rstrip_wildcard, slugify, sortable_values,
-    escape_wildcard, sql_pairing)
+    escape_wildcard, sql_pairing, firstline)
 from .decimal_ import decistmt
 
 __all__ = ['file_open', 'get_smtp_server', 'reduce_ids',
     'reduce_domain', 'grouped_slice', 'is_instance_method', 'resolve',
     'strip_wildcard', 'lstrip_wildcard', 'rstrip_wildcard', 'slugify',
     'decistmt', 'ClassProperty', 'cursor_dict', 'cached_property',
-    'sortable_values', 'escape_wildcard', 'sql_pairing']
+    'sortable_values', 'escape_wildcard', 'sql_pairing', 'firstline']
 
 
 class ClassProperty(property):
diff --git a/trytond/tools/misc.py b/trytond/tools/misc.py
index c8d078b690..5377c9ed38 100644
--- a/trytond/tools/misc.py
+++ b/trytond/tools/misc.py
@@ -250,3 +250,11 @@ def sql_pairing(x, y):
     return Case(
         (x < y, (y * y) + x),
         else_=(x * x) + x + y)
+
+
+def firstline(text):
+    "Returns first non-empty line"
+    try:
+        return next((x for x in text.splitlines() if x.strip()))
+    except StopIteration:
+        return ''