diff --git a/lib/util.php b/lib/util.php
index c0013bb3da..efede1d4be 100644
--- a/lib/util.php
+++ b/lib/util.php
@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@ function common_log_line($priority, $msg)
 {
     static $syslog_priorities = array('LOG_EMERG', 'LOG_ALERT', 'LOG_CRIT', 'LOG_ERR',
                                       'LOG_WARNING', 'LOG_NOTICE', 'LOG_INFO', 'LOG_DEBUG');
-    return date('Y-m-d H:i:s') . ' ' . $syslog_priorities[$priority] . ': ' . $msg . "\n";
+    return date('Y-m-d H:i:s') . ' ' . $syslog_priorities[$priority] . ': ' . $msg . PHP_EOL;
 }
 
 function common_request_id()