diff --git a/lib/appenders/file.js b/lib/appenders/file.js
index 891540a..fc9868c 100644
--- a/lib/appenders/file.js
+++ b/lib/appenders/file.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ var layouts = require('../layouts')
 , path = require('path')
 , fs = require('fs')
 , streams = require('../streams')
-, os = require('os');
+, os = require('os')
+, eol = os.EOL || '\n';
 
 /**
  * File Appender writing the logs to a text file. Supports rolling of logs by size.
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ function fileAppender (file, layout, logSize, numBackups) {
     });
 
     return function(loggingEvent) {
-        logFile.write(layout(loggingEvent)+os.EOL, "utf8");
+        logFile.write(layout(loggingEvent) + eol, "utf8");
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/layouts.js b/lib/layouts.js
index 0e47bf3..7daec65 100644
--- a/lib/layouts.js
+++ b/lib/layouts.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 var dateFormat = require('./date_format')
   , os = require('os')
+  , eol = os.EOL || '\n'
   , util = require('util')
   , replacementRegExp = /%[sdj]/g
   , layoutMakers = {
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ function patternLayout (pattern) {
 		    replacement = formatLogData(loggingEvent.data);
 		    break;
 		case "n":
-		    replacement = os.EOL;
+		    replacement = eol;
 		    break;
 		case "p":
 		    replacement = loggingEvent.level.toString();