diff --git a/Sources/Splash/Extensions/Strings/String+HTMLEntities.swift b/Sources/Splash/Extensions/Strings/String+HTMLEntities.swift
index 2b218fb..ad528c6 100644
--- a/Sources/Splash/Extensions/Strings/String+HTMLEntities.swift
+++ b/Sources/Splash/Extensions/Strings/String+HTMLEntities.swift
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ internal extension StringProtocol {
                 return "<"
             case ">":
                 return ">"
+            case "\n":
+                return "<br>"
             default:
                 return String(character)
             }
diff --git a/Tests/SplashTests/Tests/HTMLOutputFormatTests.swift b/Tests/SplashTests/Tests/HTMLOutputFormatTests.swift
index a317449..f720ec0 100644
--- a/Tests/SplashTests/Tests/HTMLOutputFormatTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/SplashTests/Tests/HTMLOutputFormatTests.swift
@@ -39,4 +39,16 @@ final class HTMLOutputFormatTests: XCTestCase {
         <span class="comment">// Hey I'm a comment!</span>
         """)
     }
+
+    func testEncodingNewlinesWithBreakTag() {
+        let html = highlighter.highlight("""
+        // comment line 1
+        // comment line 2
+        func expressTheCommentAbove()
+        """)
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(html, """
+        <span class=\"comment\">// comment line 1<br>// comment line 2</span>\n<span class=\"keyword\">func</span> expressTheCommentAbove()
+        """)
+    }
 }