diff --git a/tools/aapt2/ResourceParser_test.cpp b/tools/aapt2/ResourceParser_test.cpp
index 5352ca8679b3e..c6382b177f420 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/ResourceParser_test.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/ResourceParser_test.cpp
@@ -843,4 +843,9 @@ TEST_F(ResourceParserTest, ParseElementWithNoValue) {
   EXPECT_THAT(*str->value, Eq(""));
 }
 
+TEST_F(ResourceParserTest, ParsePlatformIndependentNewline) {
+  std::string input = R"(<string name="foo">%1$s %n %2$s</string>)";
+  ASSERT_TRUE(TestParse(input));
+}
+
 }  // namespace aapt
diff --git a/tools/aapt2/util/Util.cpp b/tools/aapt2/util/Util.cpp
index cf2232254ec40..28e952e25a67d 100644
--- a/tools/aapt2/util/Util.cpp
+++ b/tools/aapt2/util/Util.cpp
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ bool VerifyJavaStringFormat(const StringPiece& str) {
     if (*c == '%' && c + 1 < end) {
       c++;
 
-      if (*c == '%') {
+      if (*c == '%' || *c == 'n') {
         c++;
         continue;
       }