Index: src/shell.c
==================================================================
--- src/shell.c
+++ src/shell.c
@@ -1521,12 +1521,13 @@
 #define SHFLG_Scratch        0x00000001 /* The --scratch option is used */
 #define SHFLG_Pagecache      0x00000002 /* The --pagecache option is used */
 #define SHFLG_Lookaside      0x00000004 /* Lookaside memory is used */
 #define SHFLG_Backslash      0x00000008 /* The --backslash option is used */
 #define SHFLG_PreserveRowid  0x00000010 /* .dump preserves rowid values */
-#define SHFLG_CountChanges   0x00000020 /* .changes setting */
-#define SHFLG_Echo           0x00000040 /* .echo or --echo setting */
+#define SHFLG_Newlines       0x00000020 /* .dump --newline flag */
+#define SHFLG_CountChanges   0x00000040 /* .changes setting */
+#define SHFLG_Echo           0x00000080 /* .echo or --echo setting */
 
 /*
 ** Macros for testing and setting shellFlgs
 */
 #define ShellHasFlag(P,X)    (((P)->shellFlgs & (X))!=0)
@@ -2193,11 +2194,15 @@
       for(i=0; i<nArg; i++){
         raw_printf(p->out, i>0 ? "," : " VALUES(");
         if( (azArg[i]==0) || (aiType && aiType[i]==SQLITE_NULL) ){
           utf8_printf(p->out,"NULL");
         }else if( aiType && aiType[i]==SQLITE_TEXT ){
-          output_quoted_escaped_string(p->out, azArg[i]);
+          if( ShellHasFlag(p, SHFLG_Newlines) ){
+            output_quoted_string(p->out, azArg[i]);
+          }else{
+            output_quoted_escaped_string(p->out, azArg[i]);
+          }
         }else if( aiType && aiType[i]==SQLITE_INTEGER ){
           utf8_printf(p->out,"%s", azArg[i]);
         }else if( aiType && aiType[i]==SQLITE_FLOAT ){
           char z[50];
           double r = sqlite3_column_double(p->pStmt, i);
@@ -2207,10 +2212,12 @@
           const void *pBlob = sqlite3_column_blob(p->pStmt, i);
           int nBlob = sqlite3_column_bytes(p->pStmt, i);
           output_hex_blob(p->out, pBlob, nBlob);
         }else if( isNumber(azArg[i], 0) ){
           utf8_printf(p->out,"%s", azArg[i]);
+        }else if( ShellHasFlag(p, SHFLG_Newlines) ){
+          output_quoted_string(p->out, azArg[i]);
         }else{
           output_quoted_escaped_string(p->out, azArg[i]);
         }
       }
       raw_printf(p->out,");\n");
@@ -4928,11 +4935,11 @@
 
   if( c=='d' && strncmp(azArg[0], "dump", n)==0 ){
     const char *zLike = 0;
     int i;
     int savedShowHeader = p->showHeader;
-    ShellClearFlag(p, SHFLG_PreserveRowid);
+    ShellClearFlag(p, SHFLG_PreserveRowid|SHFLG_Newlines);
     for(i=1; i<nArg; i++){
       if( azArg[i][0]=='-' ){
         const char *z = azArg[i]+1;
         if( z[0]=='-' ) z++;
         if( strcmp(z,"preserve-rowids")==0 ){
@@ -4943,17 +4950,21 @@
           goto meta_command_exit;
 #else
           ShellSetFlag(p, SHFLG_PreserveRowid);
 #endif
         }else
+        if( strcmp(z,"newlines")==0 ){
+          ShellSetFlag(p, SHFLG_Newlines);
+        }else
         {
           raw_printf(stderr, "Unknown option \"%s\" on \".dump\"\n", azArg[i]);
           rc = 1;
           goto meta_command_exit;
         }
       }else if( zLike ){
-        raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .dump ?--preserve-rowids? ?LIKE-PATTERN?\n");
+        raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .dump ?--preserve-rowids? "
+                           "?--newlines? ?LIKE-PATTERN?\n");
         rc = 1;
         goto meta_command_exit;
       }else{
         zLike = azArg[i];
       }

Index: test/shell1.test
==================================================================
--- test/shell1.test
+++ test/shell1.test
@@ -298,11 +298,11 @@
        [regexp {COMMIT;} $res]
 } {1 1}
 do_test shell1-3.4.3 {
   # too many arguments
   catchcmd "test.db" ".dump FOO BAD"
-} {1 {Usage: .dump ?--preserve-rowids? ?LIKE-PATTERN?}}
+} {1 {Usage: .dump ?--preserve-rowids? ?--newlines? ?LIKE-PATTERN?}}
 
 # .echo ON|OFF           Turn command echo on or off
 do_test shell1-3.5.1 {
   catchcmd "test.db" ".echo"
 } {1 {Usage: .echo on|off}}