diff --git a/Lib/uu.py b/Lib/uu.py
index 9b1e5e6..9f1f37f 100755
--- a/Lib/uu.py
+++ b/Lib/uu.py
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@
             name = '-'
         if mode is None:
             mode = 0o666
+
+        #
+        # Remove newline chars from name
+        #
+        name = name.replace('\n','\\n')
+        name = name.replace('\r','\\r')
+
         #
         # Write the data
         #