diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/AbstractMappingJacksonHttpMessageConverterTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/AbstractMappingJacksonHttpMessageConverterTests.java
index bda5afc9df..6335cbab98 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/AbstractMappingJacksonHttpMessageConverterTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/AbstractMappingJacksonHttpMessageConverterTests.java
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotReadableException;
  */
 public abstract class AbstractMappingJacksonHttpMessageConverterTests<T extends HttpMessageConverter<Object>> {
 
+	protected static final String NEWLINE_SYSTEM_PROPERTY = System.getProperty("line.separator");
+
+
 	private T converter;
 
 	@Before
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverterTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverterTests.java
index 2b8409c650..b449545f15 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverterTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverterTests.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
  */
 public class MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverterTests extends AbstractMappingJacksonHttpMessageConverterTests<MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter> {
 
+
 	@Override
 	protected MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter createConverter() {
 		return new MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter();
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ public class MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverterTests extends AbstractMappingJac
 		getConverter().writeInternal(bean, outputMessage);
 		String result = outputMessage.getBodyAsString(Charset.forName("UTF-8"));
 
-		assertEquals("{\n  \"name\" : \"Jason\"\n}", result);
+		assertEquals("{" + NEWLINE_SYSTEM_PROPERTY + "  \"name\" : \"Jason\"" + NEWLINE_SYSTEM_PROPERTY + "}", result);
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverterTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverterTests.java
index 180fe10461..e5fb9f3290 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverterTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverterTests.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverterTests extends AbstractMappingJack
 		getConverter().writeInternal(bean, outputMessage);
 		String result = outputMessage.getBodyAsString(Charset.forName("UTF-8"));
 
-		assertEquals("{\n  \"name\" : \"Jason\"\n}", result);
+		assertEquals("{" + NEWLINE_SYSTEM_PROPERTY + "  \"name\" : \"Jason\"" + NEWLINE_SYSTEM_PROPERTY + "}", result);
 	}