diff --git a/bin/named/Makefile.am b/bin/named/Makefile.am
index 87e60ddcd5..7065a90b7a 100644
--- a/bin/named/Makefile.am
+++ b/bin/named/Makefile.am
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ xsl.c: bind9.xsl Makefile
 	(echo 'const char xslmsg[] =' &&	\
 	 $(SED)	-e 's,\",\\\",g'		\
 		-e 's,^,\",'			\
-		-e 's,$$,\",' &&		\
+		-e 's,$$,\\n\",' &&		\
 	 echo ";")				\
 	< "${srcdir}/bind9.xsl" > $@
 
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/statistics/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/statistics/tests.sh
index 02283fd69a..4cb8008180 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/statistics/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/statistics/tests.sh
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ if $FEATURETEST --have-libxml2 && [ -x "${CURL}" ] && [ -x "${XSLTPROC}" ]  ; th
     $DIGCMD +notcp +recurse @10.53.0.3 soa example > dig.out.test$n.2 2>&1
     ${CURL} http://10.53.0.3:${EXTRAPORT1}/xml/v3 > curl.out.${n}.xml 2>/dev/null || ret=1
     ${CURL} http://10.53.0.3:${EXTRAPORT1}/bind9.xsl > curl.out.${n}.xsl 2>/dev/null || ret=1
+    ${DIFF} ${TOP_SRCDIR}/bin/named/bind9.xsl curl.out.${n}.xsl || ret=1
     ${XSLTPROC} curl.out.${n}.xsl - < curl.out.${n}.xml > xsltproc.out.${n} 2>/dev/null || ret=1
     cp curl.out.${n}.xml stats.xml.out || ret=1