diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index b650157784..bf85145db8 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -1440,7 +1440,7 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator
       }
     else
       {
-      fout << "\n";
+      fout << this->EscapeForXML("\n");
       }
     std::string script =
       this->ConstructScript(cr->GetCommandLines(),
@@ -1469,7 +1469,7 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator
       }
     else
       {
-      fout << "\n";
+      fout << this->EscapeForXML("\n");
       }
     std::string script =
       this->ConstructScript(cr->GetCommandLines(),
@@ -1498,7 +1498,7 @@ void cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator
       }
     else
       {
-      fout << "\n";
+      fout << this->EscapeForXML("\n");
       }
     std::string script =
       this->ConstructScript(cr->GetCommandLines(),