diff --git a/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.cxx b/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.cxx
index 038d2fafb..04009a3ec 100644
--- a/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.cxx
+++ b/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.cxx
@@ -1616,12 +1616,17 @@ kwsys_std::string SystemTools::MakeCindentifier(const char* s)
 // Due to a buggy stream library on the HP and another on Mac OSX, we
 // need this very carefully written version of getline.  Returns true
 // if any data were read before the end-of-file was reached.
-bool SystemTools::GetLineFromStream(kwsys_std::istream& is, kwsys_std::string& line)
+bool SystemTools::GetLineFromStream(kwsys_std::istream& is, kwsys_std::string& line,
+                                    bool *has_newline /* = 0 */)
 {
   const int bufferSize = 1024;
   char buffer[bufferSize];
   line = "";
   bool haveData = false;
+  if ( has_newline )
+    {
+    *has_newline = false;
+    }
 
   // If no characters are read from the stream, the end of file has
   // been reached.
@@ -1635,6 +1640,10 @@ bool SystemTools::GetLineFromStream(kwsys_std::istream& is, kwsys_std::string& l
     // reached.
     if(strlen(buffer) < static_cast<size_t>(is.gcount()))
       {
+      if ( has_newline )
+        {
+        *has_newline = true;
+        }
       break;
       }
 
diff --git a/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.hxx.in b/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.hxx.in
index c59529f6a..a0c0d3162 100644
--- a/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.hxx.in
+++ b/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.hxx.in
@@ -245,9 +245,11 @@ public:
    * Read line from file. Make sure to get everything. Due to a buggy stream
    * library on the HP and another on Mac OSX, we need this very carefully
    * written version of getline. Returns true if any data were read before the
-   * end-of-file was reached.
+   * end-of-file was reached. If the has_newline argument is specified, it will
+   * be true when the line read had a newline character.
    */
-  static bool GetLineFromStream(kwsys_std::istream& istr, kwsys_std::string& line);
+  static bool GetLineFromStream(kwsys_std::istream& istr, kwsys_std::string& line,
+                                bool* has_newline=0);
   
 protected:
   // these two functions can be called from ConvertToOutputPath