diff --git a/src/insets/InsetIndex.cpp b/src/insets/InsetIndex.cpp
index f9ab2b1156..384e88cb10 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetIndex.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetIndex.cpp
@@ -152,15 +152,19 @@ int InsetIndex::latex(odocstream & os,
 				subst(spart2, from_ascii("\\"), docstring());
 			os << ppart;
 			os << '@';
+			i += count_char(ppart, '\n');
 		}
 		docstring const tpart = *it;
 		os << tpart;
+		i += count_char(tpart, '\n');
 		if (it2 < levels_plain.end())
 			++it2;
 	}
 	// write the bit that followed "|"
-	if (!cmd.empty())
+	if (!cmd.empty()) {
 		os << "|" << cmd;
+		i += count_char(cmd, '\n');
+	}
 	os << '}';
 	return i;
 }
diff --git a/src/support/lstrings.cpp b/src/support/lstrings.cpp
index 7039fe127f..87fac22a08 100644
--- a/src/support/lstrings.cpp
+++ b/src/support/lstrings.cpp
@@ -666,6 +666,7 @@ basic_string<Ch> const subst_char(basic_string<Ch> const & a,
 	return tmp;
 }
 
+
 /// Substitute all \a oldchar with \a newchar
 docstring const subst_char(docstring const & a,
 	docstring::value_type oldchar, docstring::value_type newchar)
@@ -697,6 +698,7 @@ String const subst_string(String const & a,
 	return lstr;
 }
 
+
 docstring const subst_string(docstring const & a,
 		docstring const & oldstr, docstring const & newstr)
 {
@@ -742,6 +744,19 @@ docstring const subst(docstring const & a,
 }
 
 
+/// Count all occurences of char \a chr inside \a str
+int count_char(docstring const & str, docstring::value_type chr)
+{
+	int count = 0;
+	docstring::const_iterator lit = str.begin();
+	docstring::const_iterator end = str.end();
+	for (; lit != end; ++lit)
+		if ((*lit) == chr)
+			count++;
+	return count;
+}
+
+
 docstring const trim(docstring const & a, char const * p)
 {
 	LASSERT(p, /**/);
diff --git a/src/support/lstrings.h b/src/support/lstrings.h
index 5acd0d247d..85ea79b8df 100644
--- a/src/support/lstrings.h
+++ b/src/support/lstrings.h
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ std::string const subst(std::string const & a,
 docstring const subst(docstring const & a,
 		docstring const & oldstr, docstring const & newstr);
 
+/// Count all occurences of char \a chr inside \a str
+int count_char(docstring const & str, docstring::value_type chr);
+
 /** Trims characters off the end and beginning of a string.
     \code
     trim("ccabccc", "c") == "ab".