diff --git a/mustache-sharp.test/FormatCompilerTester.cs b/mustache-sharp.test/FormatCompilerTester.cs
index c789e85..ad563e5 100644
--- a/mustache-sharp.test/FormatCompilerTester.cs
+++ b/mustache-sharp.test/FormatCompilerTester.cs
@@ -1364,5 +1364,28 @@ Odd
         }
 
         #endregion
+
+        #region New Line Management
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// If the compiler is configured to ignore new lines,
+        /// they should not be removed from the output.
+		/// </summary>
+		[TestMethod]
+		public void TestCompile_PreserveNewLines() 
+        {
+		    FormatCompiler compiler = new FormatCompiler();
+		    compiler.RemoveNewLines = false;
+		    const string format = @"Hello
+    ";
+
+		    const string expected = @"Hello
+    ";
+		    Generator generator = compiler.Compile(format);
+		    string result = generator.Render(null);
+		    Assert.AreEqual(expected, result, "The wrong text was generated.");
+		}
+
+        #endregion
     }
 }
diff --git a/mustache-sharp/FormatCompiler.cs b/mustache-sharp/FormatCompiler.cs
index d667668..f9dfea1 100644
--- a/mustache-sharp/FormatCompiler.cs
+++ b/mustache-sharp/FormatCompiler.cs
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ namespace Mustache
             _tagLookup.Add(newlineDefinition.Name, newlineDefinition);
             SetTagDefinition setDefinition = new SetTagDefinition();
             _tagLookup.Add(setDefinition.Name, setDefinition);
+
+            RemoveNewLines = true;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -53,6 +55,11 @@ namespace Mustache
         /// </summary>
         public event EventHandler<VariableFoundEventArgs> VariableFound;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets whether newlines are removed from the template (default: true).
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool RemoveNewLines { get; set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Registers the given tag definition with the parser.
         /// </summary>
@@ -87,7 +94,7 @@ namespace Mustache
             List<Context> context = new List<Context>() { new Context(_masterDefinition.Name, new ContextParameter[0]) };
             int formatIndex = buildCompoundGenerator(_masterDefinition, context, generator, format, 0);
             string trailing = format.Substring(formatIndex);
-            generator.AddGenerator(new StaticGenerator(trailing));
+            generator.AddGenerator(new StaticGenerator(trailing, RemoveNewLines));
             return new Generator(generator);
         }
 
@@ -198,7 +205,7 @@ namespace Mustache
 
                 if (match.Groups["key"].Success)
                 {
-                    generator.AddGenerator(new StaticGenerator(leading));
+                    generator.AddGenerator(new StaticGenerator(leading, RemoveNewLines));
                     formatIndex = match.Index + match.Length;
                     string key = match.Groups["key"].Value;
                     string alignment = match.Groups["alignment"].Value;
@@ -239,7 +246,7 @@ namespace Mustache
                         throw new FormatException(message);
                     }
 
-                    generator.AddGenerator(new StaticGenerator(leading));
+                    generator.AddGenerator(new StaticGenerator(leading, RemoveNewLines));
                     ArgumentCollection arguments = getArguments(nextDefinition, match, context);
 
                     if (nextDefinition.HasContent)
@@ -267,7 +274,7 @@ namespace Mustache
                 }
                 else if (match.Groups["close"].Success)
                 {
-                    generator.AddGenerator(new StaticGenerator(leading));
+                    generator.AddGenerator(new StaticGenerator(leading, RemoveNewLines));
                     string tagName = match.Groups["name"].Value;
                     TagDefinition nextDefinition = _tagLookup[tagName];
                     formatIndex = match.Index;
@@ -279,7 +286,7 @@ namespace Mustache
                 }
                 else if (match.Groups["comment"].Success)
                 {
-                    generator.AddGenerator(new StaticGenerator(leading));
+                    generator.AddGenerator(new StaticGenerator(leading, RemoveNewLines));
                     formatIndex = match.Index + match.Length;
                 }
                 else if (match.Groups["unknown"].Success)
diff --git a/mustache-sharp/StaticGenerator.cs b/mustache-sharp/StaticGenerator.cs
index 4068761..af27a90 100644
--- a/mustache-sharp/StaticGenerator.cs
+++ b/mustache-sharp/StaticGenerator.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 
 namespace Mustache
@@ -14,9 +13,16 @@ namespace Mustache
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of a StaticGenerator.
         /// </summary>
-        public StaticGenerator(string value)
+        public StaticGenerator(string value, bool removeNewLines)
         {
-            this.value = value.Replace(Environment.NewLine, String.Empty);
+            if (removeNewLines)
+            {
+                this.value = value.Replace(Environment.NewLine, String.Empty);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                this.value = value;
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>