diff --git a/src/insets/InsetNewpage.cpp b/src/insets/InsetNewpage.cpp
index b80ba3c4c5..6c0fd75609 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetNewpage.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetNewpage.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "Lexer.h"
 #include "MetricsInfo.h"
 #include "OutputParams.h"
+#include "output_xhtml.h"
 #include "Text.h"
 #include "TextMetrics.h"
 
@@ -247,9 +248,10 @@ int InsetNewpage::docbook(odocstream & os, OutputParams const &) const
 }
 
 
-docstring InsetNewpage::xhtml(odocstream & os, OutputParams const &) const
+docstring InsetNewpage::xhtml(XHTMLStream & xs, OutputParams const &) const
 {
-	os << "<br />\n";
+	xs << CompTag("br");
+	xs.cr();
 	return docstring();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/insets/InsetNewpage.h b/src/insets/InsetNewpage.h
index 05bfc8413e..fead3f37e7 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetNewpage.h
+++ b/src/insets/InsetNewpage.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ private:
 	///
 	int docbook(odocstream &, OutputParams const &) const;
 	///
-	docstring xhtml(odocstream &, OutputParams const &) const;
+	docstring xhtml(XHTMLStream &, OutputParams const &) const;
 	///
 	void read(Lexer & lex);
 	///