diff --git a/src/Libraries/AvalonEdit/ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit/Document/NewLineFinder.cs b/src/Libraries/AvalonEdit/ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit/Document/NewLineFinder.cs
index 29b2aa8cdf..872db9d62f 100644
--- a/src/Libraries/AvalonEdit/ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit/Document/NewLineFinder.cs
+++ b/src/Libraries/AvalonEdit/ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit/Document/NewLineFinder.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit.Document
 	{
 		static readonly char[] newline = { '\r', '\n' };
 		
+		internal static readonly string[] NewlineStrings = { "\r\n", "\r", "\n" };
+		
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Gets the location of the next new line character, or SimpleSegment.Invalid
 		/// if none is found.
diff --git a/src/Libraries/AvalonEdit/ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit/Editing/RectangleSelection.cs b/src/Libraries/AvalonEdit/ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit/Editing/RectangleSelection.cs
index c85354967b..a1f9de6094 100644
--- a/src/Libraries/AvalonEdit/ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit/Editing/RectangleSelection.cs
+++ b/src/Libraries/AvalonEdit/ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit/Editing/RectangleSelection.cs
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit.Editing
 					
 					textArea.Selection = new RectangleSelection(textArea, pos, Math.Max(startLine, endLine), GetXPos(textArea, pos));
 				} else {
-					string[] lines = newText.Split(new[] { "\r\n", "\r", "\n" }, segments.Count, StringSplitOptions.None);
+					string[] lines = newText.Split(NewLineFinder.NewlineStrings, segments.Count, StringSplitOptions.None);
 					int line = Math.Min(startLine, endLine);
 					for (int i = lines.Length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
 						ReplaceSingleLineText(textArea, segments[i], lines[i], out insertionLength);