diff --git a/lisp/ox-html.el b/lisp/ox-html.el
index 30f47f79c..3bf2c7acb 100644
--- a/lisp/ox-html.el
+++ b/lisp/ox-html.el
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@
    (:html-mathjax "HTML_MATHJAX" nil "" space)
    (:html-postamble nil "html-postamble" org-html-postamble)
    (:html-preamble nil "html-preamble" org-html-preamble)
-   (:html-head "HTML_HEAD" nil nil org-html-head)
-   (:html-head-extra "HTML_HEAD_EXTRA" nil nil org-html-head-extra)
+   (:html-head "HTML_HEAD" nil nil org-html-head newline)
+   (:html-head-extra "HTML_HEAD_EXTRA" nil nil org-html-head-extra newline)
    (:html-head-include-default-style nil nil org-html-head-include-default-style)
    (:html-head-include-scripts nil nil org-html-head-include-scripts)
    (:html-table-tag nil nil org-html-table-tag)