diff --git a/lib/appenders/file.js b/lib/appenders/file.js
index b586896..891540a 100644
--- a/lib/appenders/file.js
+++ b/lib/appenders/file.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 var layouts = require('../layouts')
 , path = require('path')
 , fs = require('fs')
-, streams = require('../streams');
+, streams = require('../streams')
+, os = require('os');
 
 /**
  * File Appender writing the logs to a text file. Supports rolling of logs by size.
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ function fileAppender (file, layout, logSize, numBackups) {
     });
 
     return function(loggingEvent) {
-        logFile.write(layout(loggingEvent)+'\n', "utf8");
+        logFile.write(layout(loggingEvent)+os.EOL, "utf8");
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/layouts.js b/lib/layouts.js
index d947b3e..0e47bf3 100644
--- a/lib/layouts.js
+++ b/lib/layouts.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 var dateFormat = require('./date_format')
+  , os = require('os')
   , util = require('util')
   , replacementRegExp = /%[sdj]/g
   , layoutMakers = {
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ function patternLayout (pattern) {
 		    replacement = formatLogData(loggingEvent.data);
 		    break;
 		case "n":
-		    replacement = "\n";
+		    replacement = os.EOL;
 		    break;
 		case "p":
 		    replacement = loggingEvent.level.toString();