diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/stat/descriptive/MultivariateSummaryStatisticsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/stat/descriptive/MultivariateSummaryStatisticsTest.java
index fbad1efee..bf6e23d41 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/stat/descriptive/MultivariateSummaryStatisticsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/math/stat/descriptive/MultivariateSummaryStatisticsTest.java
@@ -87,16 +87,17 @@ public class MultivariateSummaryStatisticsTest extends TestCase {
         stats.addValue(new double[] {3, 1});
         Locale d = Locale.getDefault();
         Locale.setDefault(Locale.US);
-        assertEquals("MultivariateSummaryStatistics:\n" +
-                     "n: 3\n" +
-                     "min: 1.0, 1.0\n" +
-                     "max: 3.0, 3.0\n" +
-                     "mean: 2.0, 2.0\n" +
-                     "geometric mean: 1.817..., 1.817...\n" +
-                     "sum of squares: 14.0, 14.0\n" +
-                     "sum of logarithms: 1.791..., 1.791...\n" +
-                     "standard deviation: 1.0, 1.0\n" +
-                     "covariance: Array2DRowRealMatrix{{1.0,-1.0},{-1.0,1.0}}\n",
+        final String suffix = System.getProperty("line.separator");
+        assertEquals("MultivariateSummaryStatistics:" + suffix+
+                     "n: 3" +suffix+
+                     "min: 1.0, 1.0" +suffix+
+                     "max: 3.0, 3.0" +suffix+
+                     "mean: 2.0, 2.0" +suffix+
+                     "geometric mean: 1.817..., 1.817..." +suffix+
+                     "sum of squares: 14.0, 14.0" +suffix+
+                     "sum of logarithms: 1.791..., 1.791..." +suffix+
+                     "standard deviation: 1.0, 1.0" +suffix+
+                     "covariance: Array2DRowRealMatrix{{1.0,-1.0},{-1.0,1.0}}" +suffix,
                      stats.toString().replaceAll("([0-9]+\\.[0-9][0-9][0-9])[0-9]+", "$1..."));
         Locale.setDefault(d);
     }