diff --git a/src/echo.js b/src/echo.js
index 2b0e7d9..045c35e 100644
--- a/src/echo.js
+++ b/src/echo.js
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ function _echo(opts, messages) {
   }
 
   console.log.apply(console, messages);
-  return messages.join(' ');
+  return messages.join(' ') + '\n';
 }
 module.exports = _echo;
diff --git a/test/echo.js b/test/echo.js
index 7887d88..87c48e2 100644
--- a/test/echo.js
+++ b/test/echo.js
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ import utils from './utils/utils';
 
 shell.config.silent = true;
 
+test.beforeEach(t => {
+  t.context.tmp = utils.getTempDir();
+});
+
+test.afterEach.always(t => {
+  shell.rm('-rf', t.context.tmp);
+});
+
 //
 // Valids
 //
@@ -57,3 +65,17 @@ test.cb('-e option', t => {
     t.end();
   });
 });
+
+test.cb('piping to a file', t => {
+  // see issue #476
+  shell.mkdir(t.context.tmp);
+  const tmp = `${t.context.tmp}/echo.txt`;
+  const script = `require('../global.js'); echo('A').toEnd('${tmp}'); echo('B').toEnd('${tmp}');`;
+  utils.runScript(script, (err, stdout) => {
+    const result = shell.cat(tmp);
+    t.falsy(err);
+    t.is(stdout, 'A\nB\n');
+    t.is(result.toString(), 'A\nB\n');
+    t.end();
+  });
+});