diff --git a/lib/po.js b/lib/po.js
index 06c61fd..e22db97 100644
--- a/lib/po.js
+++ b/lib/po.js
@@ -261,7 +261,8 @@ PO.Item.prototype.toString = function () {
                 });
             } else {
                 text = isArray(text) ? text.join() : text;
-                lines = lines.concat(mkObsolete + _process(keyword, text));
+                var processed = _process(keyword, text);
+                lines = lines.concat(mkObsolete + processed.join('\n' + mkObsolete));
             }
         }
     });
diff --git a/test/write.js b/test/write.js
index d982b3a..dd319ad 100644
--- a/test/write.js
+++ b/test/write.js
@@ -92,6 +92,15 @@ describe('Write', function () {
             assertHasLine(item.toString(), 'msgid "\\\\ should be written escaped"');
         });
 
+        it('should escape \\n', function () {
+            var item = new PO.Item();
+
+            item.msgid = '\n should be written escaped';
+            assertHasLine(item.toString(), 'msgid ""');
+            assertHasLine(item.toString(), '""');
+            assertHasLine(item.toString(), '" should be written escaped"');
+        });
+
         it('should write identical file after parsing a file', function () {
             var input = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/fixtures/c-strings.po', 'utf8');
             var po = PO.parse(input);