diff --git a/examples/asyncio/wsgi-server.py b/examples/asyncio/wsgi-server.py
index 99562f638..11105cbb9 100644
--- a/examples/asyncio/wsgi-server.py
+++ b/examples/asyncio/wsgi-server.py
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ def readlines(self, hint=None):
         Called by the WSGI application to read several lines of data.
         """
         data = self.read(hint)
-        lines = data.splitlines(True)
+        lines = data.splitlines(keepends=True)
         return lines
 
     def start_response(self, status, response_headers, exc_info=None):