diff --git a/src/libs/cplusplus/pp-engine.cpp b/src/libs/cplusplus/pp-engine.cpp
index c2bb068bced63fd7b9fcfa78481c12e020a31a06..92fa30274dd7875d4585190c8230522a9afeca11 100644
--- a/src/libs/cplusplus/pp-engine.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/cplusplus/pp-engine.cpp
@@ -746,6 +746,9 @@ bool Preprocessor::markGeneratedTokens(bool markGeneratedTokens,
             else
                 out(*it);
         }
+
+        if (! markGeneratedTokens && dot->newline())
+            processNewline(/*force = */ true);
     }
 
     return previous;