diff --git a/modules/flowable-bpmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/bpmn/converter/BaseBpmnXMLConverter.java b/modules/flowable-bpmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/bpmn/converter/BaseBpmnXMLConverter.java
index 673822dfff0..d5430076ab7 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-bpmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/bpmn/converter/BaseBpmnXMLConverter.java
+++ b/modules/flowable-bpmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/bpmn/converter/BaseBpmnXMLConverter.java
@@ -164,13 +164,13 @@ public void convertToBpmnModel(XMLStreamReader xtr, BpmnModel model, Process act
         }
     }
 
-    public void convertToXML(XMLStreamWriter xtw, BaseElement baseElement, BpmnModel model) throws Exception {
+    public void convertToXML(XMLStreamWriter xtw, BaseElement baseElement, BpmnModel model, BpmnXMLConverterOptions options) throws Exception {
         xtw.writeStartElement(getXMLElementName());
         boolean didWriteExtensionStartElement = false;
         writeDefaultAttribute(ATTRIBUTE_ID, baseElement.getId(), xtw);
         if (baseElement instanceof FlowElement) {
             String name = ((FlowElement) baseElement).getName();
-            if (!BpmnXMLUtil.containsNewLine(name)) {
+            if (!(options.isSaveElementNameWithNewLineInExtensionElement() && BpmnXMLUtil.containsNewLine(name))) {
                 writeDefaultAttribute(ATTRIBUTE_NAME, name, xtw);
             }
         }
@@ -226,7 +226,9 @@ public void convertToXML(XMLStreamWriter xtw, BaseElement baseElement, BpmnModel
                 xtw.writeEndElement();
             }
 
-            didWriteExtensionStartElement = BpmnXMLUtil.writeElementNameExtensionElement(flowElement, didWriteExtensionStartElement, xtw);
+            if (options.isSaveElementNameWithNewLineInExtensionElement()) {
+                didWriteExtensionStartElement = BpmnXMLUtil.writeElementNameExtensionElement(flowElement, didWriteExtensionStartElement, xtw);
+            }
         }
 
         didWriteExtensionStartElement = writeExtensionChildElements(baseElement, didWriteExtensionStartElement, xtw);
diff --git a/modules/flowable-bpmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/bpmn/converter/BpmnXMLConverter.java b/modules/flowable-bpmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/bpmn/converter/BpmnXMLConverter.java
index 80d1c8ad8d8..387c5572b4e 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-bpmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/bpmn/converter/BpmnXMLConverter.java
+++ b/modules/flowable-bpmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/bpmn/converter/BpmnXMLConverter.java
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ public class BpmnXMLConverter implements BpmnXMLConstants {
     protected List<String> userTaskFormTypes;
     protected List<String> startEventFormTypes;
 
+    protected BpmnXMLConverterOptions options = new BpmnXMLConverterOptions();
+
     protected BpmnEdgeParser bpmnEdgeParser = new BpmnEdgeParser();
     protected BpmnShapeParser bpmnShapeParser = new BpmnShapeParser();
     protected DefinitionsParser definitionsParser = new DefinitionsParser();
@@ -204,6 +206,14 @@ public static void addConverter(BaseBpmnXMLConverter converter, Class<? extends
         convertersToXMLMap.put(elementType, converter);
     }
 
+    public BpmnXMLConverterOptions getBpmnXmlConverterOptions() {
+        return options;
+    }
+
+    public void setBpmnXmlConverterOptions(BpmnXMLConverterOptions options) {
+        this.options = options;
+    }
+
     public void setClassloader(ClassLoader classloader) {
         this.classloader = classloader;
     }
@@ -581,7 +591,9 @@ protected void createXML(FlowElement flowElement, BpmnModel model, XMLStreamWrit
 
             xtw.writeAttribute(ATTRIBUTE_ID, subProcess.getId());
             if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(subProcess.getName())) {
-                xtw.writeAttribute(ATTRIBUTE_NAME, subProcess.getName());
+                if (!(options.isSaveElementNameWithNewLineInExtensionElement() && BpmnXMLUtil.containsNewLine(subProcess.getName()))) {
+                    xtw.writeAttribute(ATTRIBUTE_NAME, subProcess.getName());
+                }
             } else {
                 xtw.writeAttribute(ATTRIBUTE_NAME, "subProcess");
             }
@@ -619,7 +631,9 @@ protected void createXML(FlowElement flowElement, BpmnModel model, XMLStreamWrit
 
             boolean didWriteExtensionStartElement = FlowableListenerExport.writeListeners(subProcess, false, xtw);
 
-            didWriteExtensionStartElement = BpmnXMLUtil.writeElementNameExtensionElement(subProcess, didWriteExtensionStartElement, xtw);
+            if (options.isSaveElementNameWithNewLineInExtensionElement()) {
+                didWriteExtensionStartElement = BpmnXMLUtil.writeElementNameExtensionElement(subProcess, didWriteExtensionStartElement, xtw);
+            }
 
             didWriteExtensionStartElement = BpmnXMLUtil.writeExtensionElements(subProcess, didWriteExtensionStartElement, model.getNamespaces(), xtw);
             if (didWriteExtensionStartElement) {
@@ -656,7 +670,7 @@ protected void createXML(FlowElement flowElement, BpmnModel model, XMLStreamWrit
                 throw new XMLException("No converter for " + flowElement.getClass() + " found");
             }
 
-            converter.convertToXML(xtw, flowElement, model);
+            converter.convertToXML(xtw, flowElement, model, options);
         }
     }
 
@@ -668,6 +682,6 @@ protected void createXML(Artifact artifact, BpmnModel model, XMLStreamWriter xtw
             throw new XMLException("No converter for " + artifact.getClass() + " found");
         }
 
-        converter.convertToXML(xtw, artifact, model);
+        converter.convertToXML(xtw, artifact, model, options);
     }
 }
diff --git a/modules/flowable-bpmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/bpmn/converter/BpmnXMLConverterOptions.java b/modules/flowable-bpmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/bpmn/converter/BpmnXMLConverterOptions.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2a33412d295
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/flowable-bpmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/bpmn/converter/BpmnXMLConverterOptions.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.flowable.bpmn.converter;
+
+public class BpmnXMLConverterOptions {
+
+    protected boolean saveElementNameWithNewLineInExtensionElement = false;
+
+    public boolean isSaveElementNameWithNewLineInExtensionElement() {
+        return saveElementNameWithNewLineInExtensionElement;
+    }
+
+    public void setSaveElementNameWithNewLineInExtensionElement(boolean saveElementNameWithNewLineInExtensionElement) {
+        this.saveElementNameWithNewLineInExtensionElement = saveElementNameWithNewLineInExtensionElement;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/modules/flowable-bpmn-converter/src/test/java/org/flowable/editor/language/xml/NameWithNewLineTest.java b/modules/flowable-bpmn-converter/src/test/java/org/flowable/editor/language/xml/NameWithNewLineTest.java
index 5831ec55309..d7ca92cdf08 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-bpmn-converter/src/test/java/org/flowable/editor/language/xml/NameWithNewLineTest.java
+++ b/modules/flowable-bpmn-converter/src/test/java/org/flowable/editor/language/xml/NameWithNewLineTest.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 import static org.flowable.bpmn.constants.BpmnXMLConstants.ATTRIBUTE_ELEMENT_NAME;
 
 import org.flowable.bpmn.model.BpmnModel;
-import org.flowable.bpmn.model.ExtensionElement;
 import org.flowable.bpmn.model.FlowElement;
 import org.flowable.bpmn.model.SubProcess;
 import org.flowable.editor.language.xml.util.BpmnXmlConverterTest;
diff --git a/modules/flowable-bpmn-converter/src/test/java/org/flowable/editor/language/xml/util/XmlTestUtils.java b/modules/flowable-bpmn-converter/src/test/java/org/flowable/editor/language/xml/util/XmlTestUtils.java
index e619651c0df..6e551ca5d23 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-bpmn-converter/src/test/java/org/flowable/editor/language/xml/util/XmlTestUtils.java
+++ b/modules/flowable-bpmn-converter/src/test/java/org/flowable/editor/language/xml/util/XmlTestUtils.java
@@ -31,12 +31,18 @@ public static BpmnModel readXmlExportAndReadAgain(String resource) {
     }
 
     public static BpmnModel exportAndReadXMLFile(BpmnModel model) {
-        byte[] xml = new BpmnXMLConverter().convertToXML(model);
-        return new BpmnXMLConverter().convertToBpmnModel(new InputStreamSource(new ByteArrayInputStream(xml)), true, false, "UTF-8");
+        byte[] xml = getBpmnXMLConverter().convertToXML(model);
+        return getBpmnXMLConverter().convertToBpmnModel(new InputStreamSource(new ByteArrayInputStream(xml)), true, false, "UTF-8");
     }
 
     public static BpmnModel readXMLFile(String resource) {
-        return new BpmnXMLConverter().convertToBpmnModel(new ClasspathStreamResource(resource), true, false);
+        return getBpmnXMLConverter().convertToBpmnModel(new ClasspathStreamResource(resource), true, false);
+    }
+
+    private static BpmnXMLConverter getBpmnXMLConverter() {
+        BpmnXMLConverter converter = new BpmnXMLConverter();
+        converter.getBpmnXmlConverterOptions().setSaveElementNameWithNewLineInExtensionElement(true);
+        return converter;
     }
 
     protected static class ClasspathStreamResource implements InputStreamProvider {
diff --git a/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/CmmnXmlConverter.java b/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/CmmnXmlConverter.java
index 42ab7dfd636..3fb4e517d3b 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/CmmnXmlConverter.java
+++ b/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/CmmnXmlConverter.java
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ public class CmmnXmlConverter implements CmmnXmlConstants {
 
     protected static Map<String, BaseCmmnXmlConverter> elementConverters = new HashMap<>();
 
+    protected CmmnXmlConverterOptions options = new CmmnXmlConverterOptions();
+
     protected ClassLoader classloader;
 
     static {
@@ -295,7 +297,7 @@ public byte[] convertToXML(CmmnModel model, String encoding) {
 
                 Stage planModel = caseModel.getPlanModel();
 
-                PlanItemDefinitionExport.writePlanItemDefinition(model, planModel, xtw);
+                PlanItemDefinitionExport.writePlanItemDefinition(model, planModel, xtw, options);
 
                 // end case element
                 xtw.writeEndElement();
@@ -719,6 +721,14 @@ protected void processAssociations(CmmnModel cmmnModel) {
         }
     }
 
+    public CmmnXmlConverterOptions getCmmnXmlConverterOptions() {
+        return options;
+    }
+
+    public void setCmmnXmlConverterOptions(CmmnXmlConverterOptions options) {
+        this.options = options;
+    }
+
     public void setClassloader(ClassLoader classloader) {
         this.classloader = classloader;
     }
diff --git a/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/CmmnXmlConverterOptions.java b/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/CmmnXmlConverterOptions.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c202df55178
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/CmmnXmlConverterOptions.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.flowable.cmmn.converter;
+
+public class CmmnXmlConverterOptions {
+
+    protected boolean saveElementNameWithNewLineInExtensionElement = false;
+
+    public boolean isSaveElementNameWithNewLineInExtensionElement() {
+        return saveElementNameWithNewLineInExtensionElement;
+    }
+
+    public void setSaveElementNameWithNewLineInExtensionElement(boolean saveElementNameWithNewLineInExtensionElement) {
+        this.saveElementNameWithNewLineInExtensionElement = saveElementNameWithNewLineInExtensionElement;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/AbstractPlanItemDefinitionExport.java b/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/AbstractPlanItemDefinitionExport.java
index 3752c48978b..8be0a37b7f2 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/AbstractPlanItemDefinitionExport.java
+++ b/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/AbstractPlanItemDefinitionExport.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.flowable.cmmn.converter.CmmnXmlConstants;
+import org.flowable.cmmn.converter.CmmnXmlConverterOptions;
 import org.flowable.cmmn.converter.util.CmmnXmlUtil;
 import org.flowable.cmmn.model.CmmnModel;
 import org.flowable.cmmn.model.PlanItemDefinition;
@@ -35,20 +36,20 @@ public abstract class AbstractPlanItemDefinitionExport<T extends PlanItemDefinit
      * @param xtw                the XML to write the definition to
      * @throws Exception in case of write exception
      */
-    public void writePlanItemDefinition(CmmnModel model, T planItemDefinition, XMLStreamWriter xtw) throws Exception {
+    public void writePlanItemDefinition(CmmnModel model, T planItemDefinition, XMLStreamWriter xtw, CmmnXmlConverterOptions options) throws Exception {
 
         writePlanItemDefinitionStartElement(planItemDefinition, xtw);
-        writePlanItemDefinitionCommonAttributes(planItemDefinition, xtw);
+        writePlanItemDefinitionCommonAttributes(planItemDefinition, xtw, options);
         writePlanItemDefinitionSpecificAttributes(planItemDefinition, xtw);
 
-        boolean didWriteExtensionElement = writePlanItemDefinitionCommonElements(model, planItemDefinition, xtw);
+        boolean didWriteExtensionElement = writePlanItemDefinitionCommonElements(model, planItemDefinition, xtw, options);
         didWriteExtensionElement = writePlanItemDefinitionExtensionElements(model, planItemDefinition, didWriteExtensionElement, xtw);
         if (didWriteExtensionElement) {
             xtw.writeEndElement();
         }
 
         writePlanItemDefinitionDefaultItemControl(model, planItemDefinition, xtw);
-        writePlanItemDefinitionBody(model, planItemDefinition, xtw);
+        writePlanItemDefinitionBody(model, planItemDefinition, xtw, options);
         writePlanItemDefinitionEndElement(xtw);
     }
 
@@ -64,10 +65,11 @@ protected void writePlanItemDefinitionStartElement(T planItemDefinition, XMLStre
      */
     protected abstract String getPlanItemDefinitionXmlElementValue(T planItemDefinition);
 
-    protected void writePlanItemDefinitionCommonAttributes(T planItemDefinition, XMLStreamWriter xtw) throws Exception {
+    protected void writePlanItemDefinitionCommonAttributes(T planItemDefinition, XMLStreamWriter xtw, CmmnXmlConverterOptions options) throws Exception {
         xtw.writeAttribute(ATTRIBUTE_ID, planItemDefinition.getId());
 
-        if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(planItemDefinition.getName()) && !CmmnXmlUtil.containsNewLine(planItemDefinition.getName())) {
+        if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(planItemDefinition.getName()) &&
+                !(options.isSaveElementNameWithNewLineInExtensionElement() && CmmnXmlUtil.containsNewLine(planItemDefinition.getName()))) {
             xtw.writeAttribute(ATTRIBUTE_NAME, planItemDefinition.getName());
         }
     }
@@ -92,14 +94,17 @@ protected void writePlanItemDefinitionSpecificAttributes(T planItemDefinition, X
      * @param xtw                the XML to write the definition to
      * @throws Exception in case of write exception
      */
-    protected boolean writePlanItemDefinitionCommonElements(CmmnModel model, T planItemDefinition, XMLStreamWriter xtw) throws Exception {
+    protected boolean writePlanItemDefinitionCommonElements(CmmnModel model, T planItemDefinition, XMLStreamWriter xtw, CmmnXmlConverterOptions options) throws Exception {
         if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(planItemDefinition.getDocumentation())) {
             xtw.writeStartElement(ELEMENT_DOCUMENTATION);
             xtw.writeCharacters(planItemDefinition.getDocumentation());
             xtw.writeEndElement();
         }
 
-        boolean didWriteExtensionStartElement = CmmnXmlUtil.writeElementNameExtensionElement(planItemDefinition, false, xtw);
+        boolean didWriteExtensionStartElement = false;
+        if (options.isSaveElementNameWithNewLineInExtensionElement()) {
+            didWriteExtensionStartElement = CmmnXmlUtil.writeElementNameExtensionElement(planItemDefinition, didWriteExtensionStartElement, xtw);
+        }
         
         return CmmnXmlUtil.writeExtensionElements(planItemDefinition, didWriteExtensionStartElement, model.getNamespaces(), xtw);
     }
@@ -122,7 +127,7 @@ protected void writePlanItemDefinitionDefaultItemControl(CmmnModel model, T plan
      * @param xtw                the XML to write the definition to
      * @throws Exception in case of write exception
      */
-    protected void writePlanItemDefinitionBody(CmmnModel model, T planItemDefinition, XMLStreamWriter xtw) throws Exception {
+    protected void writePlanItemDefinitionBody(CmmnModel model, T planItemDefinition, XMLStreamWriter xtw, CmmnXmlConverterOptions options) throws Exception {
 
     }
 
diff --git a/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/AbstractServiceTaskExport.java b/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/AbstractServiceTaskExport.java
index b9394726484..e7338b596fe 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/AbstractServiceTaskExport.java
+++ b/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/AbstractServiceTaskExport.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamWriter;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.flowable.cmmn.converter.CmmnXmlConverterOptions;
 import org.flowable.cmmn.model.CmmnModel;
 import org.flowable.cmmn.model.HttpServiceTask;
 import org.flowable.cmmn.model.ImplementationType;
@@ -93,8 +94,8 @@ protected boolean writePlanItemDefinitionExtensionElements(CmmnModel model, Serv
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void writePlanItemDefinitionBody(CmmnModel model, ServiceTask serviceTask, XMLStreamWriter xtw) throws Exception {
-        super.writePlanItemDefinitionBody(model, serviceTask, xtw);
+    protected void writePlanItemDefinitionBody(CmmnModel model, ServiceTask serviceTask, XMLStreamWriter xtw, CmmnXmlConverterOptions options) throws Exception {
+        super.writePlanItemDefinitionBody(model, serviceTask, xtw, options);
     }
 
     public static class ServiceTaskExport extends AbstractServiceTaskExport<ServiceTask> {
diff --git a/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/CaseTaskExport.java b/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/CaseTaskExport.java
index ec6d7778395..669a5284b1d 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/CaseTaskExport.java
+++ b/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/CaseTaskExport.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamWriter;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.flowable.cmmn.converter.CmmnXmlConverterOptions;
 import org.flowable.cmmn.model.CaseTask;
 import org.flowable.cmmn.model.CmmnModel;
 
@@ -46,8 +47,8 @@ protected void writePlanItemDefinitionSpecificAttributes(CaseTask caseTask, XMLS
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void writePlanItemDefinitionBody(CmmnModel model, CaseTask caseTask, XMLStreamWriter xtw) throws Exception {
-        super.writePlanItemDefinitionBody(model, caseTask, xtw);
+    protected void writePlanItemDefinitionBody(CmmnModel model, CaseTask caseTask, XMLStreamWriter xtw, CmmnXmlConverterOptions options) throws Exception {
+        super.writePlanItemDefinitionBody(model, caseTask, xtw, options);
 
         // Always export the case reference as an expression, even if the caseRef is set
         if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(caseTask.getCaseRef()) || StringUtils.isNotEmpty(caseTask.getCaseRefExpression())) {
diff --git a/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/DecisionTaskExport.java b/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/DecisionTaskExport.java
index dcb8d418d0e..7fbf28951e1 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/DecisionTaskExport.java
+++ b/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/DecisionTaskExport.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamWriter;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.flowable.cmmn.converter.CmmnXmlConverterOptions;
 import org.flowable.cmmn.model.CmmnModel;
 import org.flowable.cmmn.model.DecisionTask;
 
@@ -43,8 +44,8 @@ protected boolean writePlanItemDefinitionExtensionElements(CmmnModel model, Deci
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void writePlanItemDefinitionBody(CmmnModel model, DecisionTask decisionTask, XMLStreamWriter xtw) throws Exception {
-        super.writePlanItemDefinitionBody(model, decisionTask, xtw);
+    protected void writePlanItemDefinitionBody(CmmnModel model, DecisionTask decisionTask, XMLStreamWriter xtw, CmmnXmlConverterOptions options) throws Exception {
+        super.writePlanItemDefinitionBody(model, decisionTask, xtw, options);
         if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(decisionTask.getDecisionRef()) || StringUtils.isNotEmpty(decisionTask.getDecisionRefExpression())) {
             xtw.writeStartElement(ELEMENT_DECISION_REF_EXPRESSION);
             xtw.writeCData(
diff --git a/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/PlanFragmentExport.java b/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/PlanFragmentExport.java
index 7540b18c480..7782026f22a 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/PlanFragmentExport.java
+++ b/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/PlanFragmentExport.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamWriter;
 
+import org.flowable.cmmn.converter.CmmnXmlConverterOptions;
 import org.flowable.cmmn.model.CmmnModel;
 import org.flowable.cmmn.model.PlanFragment;
 import org.flowable.cmmn.model.PlanItem;
@@ -49,8 +50,8 @@ protected void writePlanItemDefinitionSpecificAttributes(PlanFragment planFragme
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void writePlanItemDefinitionBody(CmmnModel model, PlanFragment planFragment, XMLStreamWriter xtw) throws Exception {
-        super.writePlanItemDefinitionBody(model, planFragment, xtw);
+    protected void writePlanItemDefinitionBody(CmmnModel model, PlanFragment planFragment, XMLStreamWriter xtw, CmmnXmlConverterOptions options) throws Exception {
+        super.writePlanItemDefinitionBody(model, planFragment, xtw, options);
         for (PlanItem planItem : planFragment.getPlanItems()) {
             PlanItemExport.writePlanItem(model, planItem, xtw);
         }
diff --git a/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/PlanItemDefinitionExport.java b/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/PlanItemDefinitionExport.java
index 58b15008880..7fffc3d24b0 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/PlanItemDefinitionExport.java
+++ b/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/PlanItemDefinitionExport.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamWriter;
 
 import org.flowable.cmmn.converter.CmmnXmlConstants;
+import org.flowable.cmmn.converter.CmmnXmlConverterOptions;
 import org.flowable.cmmn.model.CmmnModel;
 import org.flowable.cmmn.model.PlanItemDefinition;
 import org.flowable.common.engine.api.FlowableException;
@@ -51,12 +52,12 @@ public static void addPlanItemDefinitionExport(AbstractPlanItemDefinitionExport
         planItemDefinitionExporters.put(exporter.getExportablePlanItemDefinitionClass().getCanonicalName(), exporter);
     }
 
-    public static void writePlanItemDefinition(CmmnModel model, PlanItemDefinition planItemDefinition, XMLStreamWriter xtw) throws Exception {
+    public static void writePlanItemDefinition(CmmnModel model, PlanItemDefinition planItemDefinition, XMLStreamWriter xtw, CmmnXmlConverterOptions options) throws Exception {
         AbstractPlanItemDefinitionExport exporter = determineExporter(planItemDefinition);
         if (exporter == null) {
             throw new FlowableException("Cannot find a PlanItemDefinitionExporter for '" + planItemDefinition.getClass().getCanonicalName() + "'");
         }
-        exporter.writePlanItemDefinition(model, planItemDefinition, xtw);
+        exporter.writePlanItemDefinition(model, planItemDefinition, xtw, options);
     }
 
     protected static AbstractPlanItemDefinitionExport determineExporter(PlanItemDefinition planItemDefinition) {
diff --git a/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/ProcessTaskExport.java b/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/ProcessTaskExport.java
index b31727efe2e..0e5f4358f70 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/ProcessTaskExport.java
+++ b/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/ProcessTaskExport.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamWriter;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.flowable.cmmn.converter.CmmnXmlConverterOptions;
 import org.flowable.cmmn.model.CmmnModel;
 import org.flowable.cmmn.model.ProcessTask;
 
@@ -47,8 +48,8 @@ protected void writePlanItemDefinitionSpecificAttributes(ProcessTask processTask
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void writePlanItemDefinitionBody(CmmnModel model, ProcessTask processTask, XMLStreamWriter xtw) throws Exception {
-        super.writePlanItemDefinitionBody(model, processTask, xtw);
+    protected void writePlanItemDefinitionBody(CmmnModel model, ProcessTask processTask, XMLStreamWriter xtw, CmmnXmlConverterOptions options) throws Exception {
+        super.writePlanItemDefinitionBody(model, processTask, xtw, options);
         
         if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(processTask.getProcessRef()) || StringUtils.isNotEmpty(processTask.getProcessRefExpression())) {
             xtw.writeStartElement(ELEMENT_PROCESS_REF_EXPRESSION);
diff --git a/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/StageExport.java b/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/StageExport.java
index 77cd30a4e78..0160a489d3b 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/StageExport.java
+++ b/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/StageExport.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamWriter;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.flowable.cmmn.converter.CmmnXmlConverterOptions;
 import org.flowable.cmmn.model.CmmnModel;
 import org.flowable.cmmn.model.PlanItem;
 import org.flowable.cmmn.model.PlanItemDefinition;
@@ -81,8 +82,8 @@ protected void writePlanItemDefinitionSpecificAttributes(Stage stage, XMLStreamW
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void writePlanItemDefinitionBody(CmmnModel model, Stage stage, XMLStreamWriter xtw) throws Exception {
-        super.writePlanItemDefinitionBody(model, stage, xtw);
+    protected void writePlanItemDefinitionBody(CmmnModel model, Stage stage, XMLStreamWriter xtw, CmmnXmlConverterOptions options) throws Exception {
+        super.writePlanItemDefinitionBody(model, stage, xtw, options);
         for (PlanItem planItem : stage.getPlanItems()) {
             PlanItemExport.writePlanItem(model, planItem, xtw);
         }
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ protected void writePlanItemDefinitionBody(CmmnModel model, Stage stage, XMLStre
         }
 
         for (PlanItemDefinition planItemDefinition : stage.getPlanItemDefinitions()) {
-            PlanItemDefinitionExport.writePlanItemDefinition(model, planItemDefinition, xtw);
+            PlanItemDefinitionExport.writePlanItemDefinition(model, planItemDefinition, xtw, options);
         }
 
         if (stage.isPlanModel() && stage.getExitCriteria() != null && !stage.getExitCriteria().isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/TimerEventListenerExport.java b/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/TimerEventListenerExport.java
index f1cb051178a..39483c50fc3 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/TimerEventListenerExport.java
+++ b/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/main/java/org/flowable/cmmn/converter/export/TimerEventListenerExport.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.flowable.cmmn.converter.CmmnXmlConstants;
+import org.flowable.cmmn.converter.CmmnXmlConverterOptions;
 import org.flowable.cmmn.model.CmmnModel;
 import org.flowable.cmmn.model.TimerEventListener;
 
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ protected void writePlanItemDefinitionSpecificAttributes(TimerEventListener time
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void writePlanItemDefinitionBody(CmmnModel model, TimerEventListener timerEventListener, XMLStreamWriter xtw) throws Exception {
+    protected void writePlanItemDefinitionBody(CmmnModel model, TimerEventListener timerEventListener, XMLStreamWriter xtw, CmmnXmlConverterOptions options) throws Exception {
         if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(timerEventListener.getTimerExpression())) {
             xtw.writeStartElement(ELEMENT_TIMER_EXPRESSION);
             xtw.writeCData(timerEventListener.getTimerExpression());
diff --git a/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/test/java/org/flowable/test/cmmn/converter/util/XmlTestUtils.java b/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/test/java/org/flowable/test/cmmn/converter/util/XmlTestUtils.java
index f174d25aa9a..7de1968e133 100644
--- a/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/test/java/org/flowable/test/cmmn/converter/util/XmlTestUtils.java
+++ b/modules/flowable-cmmn-converter/src/test/java/org/flowable/test/cmmn/converter/util/XmlTestUtils.java
@@ -31,12 +31,18 @@ public static CmmnModel readXmlExportAndReadAgain(String resource) {
     }
 
     public static CmmnModel exportAndReadXMLFile(CmmnModel model) {
-        byte[] xml = new CmmnXmlConverter().convertToXML(model);
-        return new CmmnXmlConverter().convertToCmmnModel(new InputStreamSource(new ByteArrayInputStream(xml)), true, false, "UTF-8");
+        byte[] xml = getCmmnXmlConverter().convertToXML(model);
+        return getCmmnXmlConverter().convertToCmmnModel(new InputStreamSource(new ByteArrayInputStream(xml)), true, false, "UTF-8");
     }
 
     public static CmmnModel readXMLFile(String resource) {
-        return new CmmnXmlConverter().convertToCmmnModel(new ClasspathStreamResource(resource), true, false);
+        return getCmmnXmlConverter().convertToCmmnModel(new ClasspathStreamResource(resource), true, false);
+    }
+
+    private static CmmnXmlConverter getCmmnXmlConverter() {
+        CmmnXmlConverter converter = new CmmnXmlConverter();
+        converter.getCmmnXmlConverterOptions().setSaveElementNameWithNewLineInExtensionElement(true);
+        return converter;
     }
 
     protected static class ClasspathStreamResource implements InputStreamProvider {