diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator.cxx
index ed0cba7ddf..c083a75045 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator.cxx
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator::WriteSLNHeader(std::ostream& fout)
 {
   char utf8bom[] = { char(0xEF), char(0xBB), char(0xBF) };
   fout.write(utf8bom, 3);
+  fout << '\n';
 
   switch (this->Version) {
     case cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator::VS9: