diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/galleon/Constants.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/galleon/Constants.java
index e991a5b11..e559c206d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/galleon/Constants.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/galleon/Constants.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2016-2022 Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates
+ * Copyright 2016-2023 Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates
  * and other contributors as indicated by the @author tags.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ public interface Constants {
 
     // SYSTEM PROPERTIES
     String PROP_CONFIG_ARRANGER = "galleon.config.arranger";
+    String PROP_LINUX_LINE_ENDINGS = "galleon.config.use_linux_line_endings";
 
     // CONFIG ARRANGERS
     String CONFIG_ARRANGER_SPEC_ONLY = "spec-only";
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/galleon/ProvisioningManager.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/galleon/ProvisioningManager.java
index 87105b2e8..3012698de 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/galleon/ProvisioningManager.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/galleon/ProvisioningManager.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2016-2022 Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates
+ * Copyright 2016-2023 Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates
  * and other contributors as indicated by the @author tags.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@
  */
 public class ProvisioningManager implements AutoCloseable {
 
+    private final boolean useLinuxLineEndings = Boolean.getBoolean(Constants.PROP_LINUX_LINE_ENDINGS);
+
     public static class Builder extends UniverseResolverBuilder<Builder> {
         private Path installationHome;
         private ProvisioningLayoutFactory layoutFactory;
@@ -874,9 +876,9 @@ private void persistChildHashes(Path hashes, FsEntry entry, List<FsEntry> dirs,
                         writer = Files.newBufferedWriter(target.resolve(Constants.HASHES));
                     }
                     writer.write(child.getName());
-                    writer.newLine();
+                    newLine(writer);
                     writer.write(HashUtils.bytesToHexString(child.getHash()));
-                    writer.newLine();
+                    newLine(writer);
                 } else {
                     dirs.add(child);
                     ++dirsTotal;
@@ -898,4 +900,12 @@ private void persistChildHashes(Path hashes, FsEntry entry, List<FsEntry> dirs,
             --dirsTotal;
         }
     }
+
+    private void newLine(BufferedWriter writer) throws IOException {
+        if (useLinuxLineEndings) {
+            writer.write("\n");
+        } else {
+            writer.newLine();
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/galleon/xml/util/FormattingXmlStreamWriter.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/galleon/xml/util/FormattingXmlStreamWriter.java
index 54f0d287d..4c381479d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/galleon/xml/util/FormattingXmlStreamWriter.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jboss/galleon/xml/util/FormattingXmlStreamWriter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2016-2019 Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates
+ * Copyright 2016-2023 Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates
  * and other contributors as indicated by the @author tags.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 package org.jboss.galleon.xml.util;
 
 
+import org.jboss.galleon.Constants;
+
 import java.util.ArrayDeque;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@
  */
 public final class FormattingXmlStreamWriter implements XMLStreamWriter, XMLStreamConstants, AutoCloseable {
     private static final String NO_NAMESPACE = new String();
+    private final boolean useLinuxLineEndings = Boolean.getBoolean(Constants.PROP_LINUX_LINE_ENDINGS);
     private final XMLStreamWriter delegate;
     private int level;
     private int state = START_DOCUMENT;
@@ -48,7 +51,11 @@ public FormattingXmlStreamWriter(final XMLStreamWriter delegate) {
     }
 
     private void nl() throws XMLStreamException {
-        delegate.writeCharacters(System.lineSeparator());
+        if (useLinuxLineEndings) {
+            delegate.writeCharacters("\n");
+        } else {
+            delegate.writeCharacters(System.lineSeparator());
+        }
     }
 
     private void indent() throws XMLStreamException {