diff --git a/checkstyle.xml b/checkstyle.xml
index 2f2c7a34..eca8d2ed 100644
--- a/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/checkstyle.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@
   <!--
   <module name="JavadocPackage"/>
   -->
-  <module name="NewlineAtEndOfFile" />
+  <module name="NewlineAtEndOfFile">
+    <property name="lineSeparator" value="lf" />
+  </module>
   <!-- Copyright headers -->
   <module name="RegexpSingleline">
     <property name="format" value="^(\s|\*)*Copyright\s.*$"/>