diff --git a/openjpa-project/checkstyle.xml b/openjpa-project/checkstyle.xml
index 8eb96f6d7..0bb265692 100644
--- a/openjpa-project/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/openjpa-project/checkstyle.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 	we can remove this file and remove the reference from the pom.xml -->
 
 <module name="Checker">
-	<module name="NewlineAtEndOfFile" />
+	<module name="NewlineAtEndOfFile">
+		<property name="lineSeparator" value="lf"/>
+	</module>
 	<module name="TreeWalker">
 		<module name="FileContentsHolder" />
 		<module name="LineLength">