diff --git a/senfscons/SENFSCons.py b/senfscons/SENFSCons.py
index c676f3476d404f70748a4f6b56c6a7863b0e77b0..9e8313be7f040448bcd02ac7c221fccdefb2ce44 100644
--- a/senfscons/SENFSCons.py
+++ b/senfscons/SENFSCons.py
@@ -440,7 +440,8 @@ def DoxyXRef(env, docs=None,
         docs = env.Alias('all_docs')[0].sources
     xrefs = [ doc for doc in docs if os.path.splitext(doc.name)[1] == ".xmli" ]
     xref = env.Command("doc/html/xref.xml", xrefs,
-                       [ "echo -e '<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\\n<xref>' >$TARGET",
+                       [ "echo '<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>' > $TARGET",
+                         "echo '<xref>' >> $TARGET",
                          "cat $SOURCES >> $TARGET",
                          "echo '</xref>' >>$TARGET" ])