diff --git a/cmake/ecbuild_get_test_data.cmake b/cmake/ecbuild_get_test_data.cmake
index ac1113e0..6c68f937 100644
--- a/cmake/ecbuild_get_test_data.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ecbuild_get_test_data.cmake
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ function( ecbuild_get_test_data )
                                 COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E md5sum ${_p_NAME} > ${_p_NAME}.localmd5
                                 DEPENDS ${_p_NAME} )
 
-            configure_file( "${ECBUILD_MACROS_DIR}/md5.in" ${_p_NAME}.md5 @ONLY )
+            configure_file( "${ECBUILD_MACROS_DIR}/md5.in" ${_p_NAME}.md5 @ONLY NEWLINE_STYLE LF )
 
             add_custom_command( OUTPUT ${_p_NAME}.ok
                                 COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E compare_files ${_p_NAME}.md5 ${_p_NAME}.localmd5 &&