diff --git a/i18n-tools/scripts/common.py b/i18n-tools/scripts/common.py
index cc953757..4dde1449 100644
--- a/i18n-tools/scripts/common.py
+++ b/i18n-tools/scripts/common.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class TemplateFile:
     """
     def merge_and_save(self):
         self.previous_catalog.merge(self.current_catalog)
-        self.previous_catalog.save(self.file_name)
+        self.previous_catalog.save(self.file_name, newline='\n')
 
 """
     Wrapper class over POFile, acting as language translation file
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class LanguageFile:
     """
     def merge_and_save(self, template_file):
         self.catalog.merge(template_file.current_catalog)
-        self.catalog.save(self.file_name)
+        self.catalog.save(self.file_name, newline='\n')
 
 """
     Locates the translation files in po_dir
@@ -208,9 +208,9 @@ class TranslationJob:
             self._close_files()
 
     def _open_files(self):
-        self._input_file = io.open(self._input_file_name, 'r', encoding='utf-8')
+        self._input_file = io.open(self._input_file_name, 'r', encoding='utf-8', newline='\n')
         if self._output_file_name:
-            self._output_file = io.open(self._output_file_name, 'w', encoding='utf-8')
+            self._output_file = io.open(self._output_file_name, 'w', encoding='utf-8', newline='\n')
 
     def _close_files(self):
         self._input_file.close()
diff --git a/i18n-tools/scripts/polib.py b/i18n-tools/scripts/polib.py
index 5f0f727d..094bdad3 100644
--- a/i18n-tools/scripts/polib.py
+++ b/i18n-tools/scripts/polib.py
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ class _BaseFile(list):
             e.flags.append('fuzzy')
         return e
 
-    def save(self, fpath=None, repr_method='__unicode__'):
+    def save(self, fpath=None, repr_method='__unicode__', newline=None):
         """
         Saves the po file to ``fpath``.
         If it is an existing file and no ``fpath`` is provided, then the
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ class _BaseFile(list):
         if repr_method == 'to_binary':
             fhandle = open(fpath, 'wb')
         else:
-            fhandle = io.open(fpath, 'w', encoding=self.encoding)
+            fhandle = io.open(fpath, 'w', encoding=self.encoding, newline=newline)
             if not isinstance(contents, text_type):
                 contents = contents.decode(self.encoding)
         fhandle.write(contents)