diff --git a/src/helma/framework/ResponseBean.java b/src/helma/framework/ResponseBean.java
index 553d9594..4a7d6109 100644
--- a/src/helma/framework/ResponseBean.java
+++ b/src/helma/framework/ResponseBean.java
@@ -186,6 +186,13 @@ public class ResponseBean implements Serializable {
         res.writeln(str);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Write a platform dependent newline sequence to response buffer.
+     */
+    public void writeln() {
+        res.writeln();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Directly write a byte array to the response buffer without any transformation.
      *