diff --git a/src/OutputParams.h b/src/OutputParams.h
index 4534b22c6e..3b97a3e84d 100644
--- a/src/OutputParams.h
+++ b/src/OutputParams.h
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ public:
 	    This esentially seems to mean whether InsetInclude, InsetGraphics
 	    and InsetExternal should add the absolute path to any external
 	    files or not.
+	    Non-nice LaTeX also includes additional safe line breaks in order to
+	    increase the precision of forward/reverse search and error reporting.
 	*/
 	bool nice;
 
diff --git a/src/insets/InsetListings.cpp b/src/insets/InsetListings.cpp
index 8211ba3634..a92c09525c 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetListings.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetListings.cpp
@@ -224,10 +224,13 @@ void InsetListings::latex(otexstream & os, OutputParams const & runparams) const
 		OutputParams rp = runparams;
 		rp.moving_arg = true;
 		TexString caption = getCaption(rp);
+		os << breakln << "\\begin{lstlisting}";
 		if (param_string.empty() && caption.str.empty())
-			os << breakln << "\\begin{lstlisting}\n";
+			os << "\n";
 		else {
-			os << breakln << "\\begin{lstlisting}[";
+			if (!runparams.nice)
+				os << safebreakln;
+			os << "[";
 			if (!caption.str.empty()) {
 				os << "caption={" << move(caption) << '}';
 				if (!param_string.empty())