diff --git a/tools/boilerplate/recipe.py b/tools/boilerplate/recipe.py
index ef58b6e1e07466634a0f7ec3b6807c90f0177f98..b473736d75d4999f889bca3a8d07cc50696cc7a8 100644
--- a/tools/boilerplate/recipe.py
+++ b/tools/boilerplate/recipe.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def template(self, name, **kwargs):
                     # workaround, as it's also a mako directive
                     coding='# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-',
                     login=self.login,
-                    **kwargs)
+                    **kwargs).strip() + u'\n'
 
     def generate(self):
         raise NotImplementedError()