diff --git a/repos/os/include/util/xml_generator.h b/repos/os/include/util/xml_generator.h
index dd3746c33..89a879f6e 100644
--- a/repos/os/include/util/xml_generator.h
+++ b/repos/os/include/util/xml_generator.h
@@ -232,7 +232,10 @@ class Genode::Xml_generator
 		:
 			_out_buffer(dst, dst_len)
 		{
-			if (dst) node(name, func);
+			if (dst) {
+				node(name, func);
+				_out_buffer.append('\n');
+			}
 		}
 
 		template <typename FUNC>
diff --git a/repos/os/run/xml_generator.run b/repos/os/run/xml_generator.run
index c7679bf0c..f01d1cdc1 100644
--- a/repos/os/run/xml_generator.run
+++ b/repos/os/run/xml_generator.run
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ compare_output_to {
 	[init -> test-xml_generator] 	</label>
 	[init -> test-xml_generator] </config>
 	[init -> test-xml_generator] 
-	[init -> test-xml_generator] used 199 bytes
+	[init -> test-xml_generator] used 200 bytes
 	[init -> test-xml_generator] buffer exceeded (expected error)
 	[init -> test-xml_generator] --- XML generator test finished ---
 }
diff --git a/repos/os/src/test/xml_generator/main.cc b/repos/os/src/test/xml_generator/main.cc
index 7ce8aaa9e..2472e5000 100644
--- a/repos/os/src/test/xml_generator/main.cc
+++ b/repos/os/src/test/xml_generator/main.cc
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	 * corresponding run script).
 	 */
 	size_t used = fill_buffer_with_xml(dst, sizeof(dst));
-	printf("result:\n\n%s\n\nused %zd bytes\n", dst, used);
+	printf("result:\n\n%s\nused %zd bytes\n", dst, used);
 
 	/*
 	 * Test buffer overflow