diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0c55b7e3f2..e7ddf10c17 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-11-05  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/NetworkManagerPolicy.c
+		- (update_etc_hosts): only add newline if not the last line of the file
+			(Jonathan Miner)
+
 2008-11-05  Dan Williams  <dcbw@redhat.com>
 
 	* src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhclient.c
diff --git a/src/NetworkManagerPolicy.c b/src/NetworkManagerPolicy.c
index 45403a2a63..de85d4caff 100644
--- a/src/NetworkManagerPolicy.c
+++ b/src/NetworkManagerPolicy.c
@@ -306,7 +306,9 @@ update_etc_hosts (const char *hostname)
 
 		if (add_line) {
 			g_string_append (new_contents, *line);
-			g_string_append_c (new_contents, '\n');
+			/* Only append the new line if this isn't the last line in the file */
+			if (*(line+1))
+				g_string_append_c (new_contents, '\n');
 		}
 	}