diff --git a/Lib/email/Generator.py b/Lib/email/Generator.py
index 12b9fdf74b9..e969d00d89e 100644
--- a/Lib/email/Generator.py
+++ b/Lib/email/Generator.py
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ def _handle_multipart(self, msg, isdigest=0):
         print >> self._fp, '\n--' + boundary + '--',
         # Write out any epilogue
         if msg.epilogue is not None:
+            if not msg.epilogue.startswith('\n'):
+                print >> self._fp
             self._fp.write(msg.epilogue)
 
     def _handle_multipart_digest(self, msg):