diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 601b033..645d64d 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use serde::Serialize;
 use crate::config::ConfigSet;
 use crate::matcher::{Match, MatchContentType};
 
-pub fn list_matches(config_set: ConfigSet, onlytriggers: bool) {
+pub fn list_matches(config_set: ConfigSet, onlytriggers: bool, preserve_newlines: bool) {
     let matches = filter_matches(config_set);
 
     for m in matches {
@@ -31,7 +31,12 @@ pub fn list_matches(config_set: ConfigSet, onlytriggers: bool) {
             }else {
                 match m.content {
                     MatchContentType::Text(ref text) => {
-                        println!("{} - {}", trigger, text.replace)
+                        let replace = if preserve_newlines {
+                            text.replace.to_owned()
+                        }else{
+                            text.replace.replace("\n", " ")
+                        };
+                        println!("{} - {}", trigger, replace)
                     },
                     MatchContentType::Image(_) => {
                         // Skip image matches for now
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f7b3b18..3becc92 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -177,6 +177,13 @@ fn main() {
                     .required(false)
                     .takes_value(false)
                 )
+                .arg(Arg::with_name("preservenewlines")
+                    .short("n")
+                    .long("preservenewlines")
+                    .help("Preserve newlines when printing replacements")
+                    .required(false)
+                    .takes_value(false)
+                )
             )
             .subcommand(SubCommand::with_name("exec")
                 .about("Triggers the expansion of the given match")
@@ -1266,9 +1273,10 @@ fn match_main(config_set: ConfigSet, matches: &ArgMatches) {
     if let Some(matches) = matches.subcommand_matches("list") {
         let json = matches.is_present("json");
         let onlytriggers = matches.is_present("onlytriggers");
+        let preserve_newlines = matches.is_present("preservenewlines");
 
         if !json {
-            crate::cli::list_matches(config_set, onlytriggers);
+            crate::cli::list_matches(config_set, onlytriggers, preserve_newlines);
         }else{
             crate::cli::list_matches_as_json(config_set);
         }