diff --git a/R/from_knitr.R b/R/from_knitr.R
index 205148d..b7d7a47 100644
--- a/R/from_knitr.R
+++ b/R/from_knitr.R
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@
 
 # escape special HTML characters
 # @author Yihui Xie
+# Added conversion
 escape_html <- function(x) {
   x = gsub('&', '&amp;', x)
   x = gsub('<', '&lt;', x)
   x = gsub('>', '&gt;', x)
   x = gsub('"', '&quot;', x)
+  x = gsub('\n', '<br />', x)
   x
 }