diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 200401a..58a7ede 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,5 +27,13 @@ var eol = require('eol')
 - Normalize line endings in <var>text</var> to <b>CR</b> (Mac OS)
 - <b>@return</b> string with line endings normalized to `\r`
 
+### `eol.before(text)`
+- Add linebreak before <var>text</var>
+- <b>@return</b> string with linebreak added before text
+
+### `eol.after(text)`
+- Add linebreak after <var>text</var>
+- <b>@return</b> string with linebreak added after text
+
 ## License
 MIT
diff --git a/eol.js b/eol.js
index 2113f95..958c45b 100644
--- a/eol.js
+++ b/eol.js
@@ -5,8 +5,17 @@
 
   var api = {}
   var isWindows = typeof process != 'undefined' && 'win32' === process.platform
+  var linebreak = isWindows ? '\r\n' : '\n'
   var newline = /\r\n|\r|\n/g
 
+  function before(text) {
+    return linebreak + text
+  }
+
+  function after(text) {
+    return text + linebreak
+  }
+
   function converts(to) {
     return function(text) {
       return text.replace(newline, to)
@@ -16,7 +25,8 @@
   api['lf'] = converts('\n')
   api['cr'] = converts('\r')
   api['crlf'] = converts('\r\n')
-  api['auto'] = converts(isWindows ? '\r\n' : '\n')
-
+  api['auto'] = converts(linebreak)
+  api['before'] = before
+  api['after'] = after
   return api
 });
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ced52b5..3b08d44 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "eol",
   "description": "Newline character converter",
-  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/ryanve/eol",
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": "Ryan Van Etten",
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 7f03a62..0a7e3a0 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -39,5 +39,10 @@
     return eol.auto(sample) === eol[method](sample);
   }) === 2)
 
+  aok('before', eol.lf(eol.before('text')) === '\ntext')
+  aok('before2', eol.lf(eol.before('\ntext\n')) === '\n\ntext\n')
+  aok('after', eol.lf(eol.after('text')) === 'text\n')
+  aok('after2', eol.lf(eol.after('\ntext\n')) === '\ntext\n\n')
+
   aok.log('All tests passed =)')
 }(this);