diff --git a/DebugView++Lib/FileReader.cpp b/DebugView++Lib/FileReader.cpp
index a7f18419..542b994b 100644
--- a/DebugView++Lib/FileReader.cpp
+++ b/DebugView++Lib/FileReader.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ void FileReader::Abort()
     }
 }
 
+bool FileReader::GetAutoNewLine() const
+{
+    return true;
+}
+
 void FileReader::PollThread()
 {
     // FILE_NOTIFY_CHANGE_SIZE is broken on windows vista and above in that it does not
diff --git a/include/DebugView++Lib/FileReader.h b/include/DebugView++Lib/FileReader.h
index c6d0ddbd..a1531ec3 100644
--- a/include/DebugView++Lib/FileReader.h
+++ b/include/DebugView++Lib/FileReader.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class FileReader : public LogSource
     HANDLE GetHandle() const override;
     void Notify() override;
     void PreProcess(Line& line) const override;
+    virtual bool GetAutoNewLine() const override;
 
 protected:
     virtual void AddLine(const std::string& line);