diff --git a/tablib/formats/_xls.py b/tablib/formats/_xls.py
index 76e9318..0e989a7 100644
--- a/tablib/formats/_xls.py
+++ b/tablib/formats/_xls.py
@@ -9,9 +9,12 @@ import cStringIO
 
 title = 'xls'
 extentions = ('xls',)
+
+# special styles
 wrap = xlwt.easyxf("alignment: wrap on")
 bold = xlwt.easyxf("font: bold on")
 
+
 def export_set(dataset):
 	"""Returns XLS representation of Dataset."""
 
@@ -62,6 +65,9 @@ def dset_sheet(dataset, ws):
 
 			# wrap the rest
 			else:
-				ws.write(i, j, col, wrap)
+				if '\n' in col:
+					ws.write(i, j, col, wrap)
+				else:
+					ws.write(i, j, col)
 
 	
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