diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx
index a999847c2..b02457dd5 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ std::string cmGlobalNinjaGenerator::EncodeLiteral(const std::string &lit)
 {
   std::string result = lit;
   cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(result, "$", "$$");
+  cmSystemTools::ReplaceString(result, "\n", "$\n");
   return result;
 }