--- a/src/plugins/clangformat/clangformatbaseindenter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/clangformat/clangformatbaseindenter.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,11 @@
 
 llvm::StringRef clearExtraNewline(llvm::StringRef text)
 {
+#if LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR >= 19
+    while (text.starts_with("\n\n"))
+#else
     while (text.startswith("\n\n"))
+#endif
         text = text.drop_front();
     return text;
 }