diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultRenderContext.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultRenderContext.java
index 9e2feda40d..ee54ea1d8c 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultRenderContext.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultRenderContext.java
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ class DefaultRenderContext extends AbstractContext<RenderContext> implements Ren
     @Override
     public final RenderContext sql(String s, boolean literal) {
         if (!literal)
-            s = NEWLINE.matcher(s).replaceAll("$0" + indentation());
+            s = Tools.replaceAll(s, NEWLINE.matcher(s), r -> r.group() + indentation());
 
         if (stringLiteral())
             s = StringUtils.replace(s, "'", stringLiteralEscapedApos);
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java
index 07a239f783..bb93ccc6e2 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.IntFunction;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
+import java.util.regex.MatchResult;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.IntStream;
@@ -6382,4 +6383,29 @@ final class Tools {
     static final String stringLiteral(String string) {
         return "\"" + string.replace("\\", "\\\\").replace("\"", "\\\"").replace("\n", "\\n\" + \n\"") + "\"";
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Access to the JDK 9 {@link Matcher#replaceAll(Function)} function.
+     */
+    static final String replaceAll(String string, Matcher matcher, Function<MatchResult, String> replacer) {
+
+        if (true)
+            return matcher.replaceAll(replacer);
+
+
+        // Java 8 version
+        boolean find = matcher.find();
+        if (find) {
+            StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+
+            do
+                matcher.appendReplacement(sb, replacer.apply(matcher));
+            while (find = matcher.find());
+
+            matcher.appendTail(sb);
+            return sb.toString();
+        }
+
+        return string;
+    }
 }