Index: src/org/apache/xml/security/utils/Base64.java =================================================================== --- src/org/apache/xml/security/utils/Base64.java (revision 776326) +++ src/org/apache/xml/security/utils/Base64.java (working copy) @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ String encodedInt = encode(biginteger); - if (encodedInt.length() > 76) { + if (!XMLUtils.ignoreLineBreaks() && encodedInt.length() > BASE64DEFAULTLENGTH) { encodedInt = "\n" + encodedInt + "\n"; }