diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/RenderAndBindTests.java b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/RenderAndBindTests.java
index 1c34f7bde3..0601356ee0 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/RenderAndBindTests.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/RenderAndBindTests.java
@@ -530,4 +530,25 @@ extends BaseTest<A, AP, B, S, B2S, BS, L, X, DATE, BOOL, D, T, U, UU, I, IPK, T7
         assertTrue(s.getSQL().contains("ON"));
         assertTrue(s.getSQL().contains("ORDER BY"));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRenderFormattedAndInlinedWithNewlines() throws Exception {
+        // [#2528] When inlining bind values, formatting SQL might change the
+        // values, in case values contain newlines
+        DSLContext create = create(new Settings()
+            .withRenderFormatted(true)
+            .withStatementType(StatementType.STATIC_STATEMENT));
+
+        String value = "foo\nbar\n\n  baz";
+
+        create.update(TBook())
+              .set(TBook_TITLE(), value)
+              .where(TBook_ID().eq(1))
+              .execute();
+
+        assertEquals(value, create.select(TBook_TITLE())
+                                  .from(TBook())
+                                  .where(TBook_ID().eq(1))
+                                  .fetchOne(TBook_TITLE()));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
index 298448aec7..4cf79c76a5 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
@@ -2102,6 +2102,11 @@ public abstract class jOOQAbstractTest<
         new BatchTests(this).testBatchDelete();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testRenderFormattedAndInlinedWithNewlines() throws Exception {
+        new RenderAndBindTests(this).testRenderFormattedAndInlinedWithNewlines();
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testNamedParams() throws Exception {
         new RenderAndBindTests(this).testNamedParams();
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/RenderContext.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/RenderContext.java
index b0fb41813a..f0beaf7f52 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/RenderContext.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/RenderContext.java
@@ -86,6 +86,14 @@ public interface RenderContext extends Context<RenderContext> {
      */
     RenderContext sql(String sql);
 
+    /**
+     * Append some SQL to the context's contained {@link StringBuilder}.
+     * <p>
+     * Set <code>literal = true</code> to indicate that the
+     * <code>RenderContext</code> shall not format the argument SQL.
+     */
+    RenderContext sql(String sql, boolean literal);
+
     /**
      * Append some SQL to the context's contained {@link StringBuilder}.
      */
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultRenderContext.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultRenderContext.java
index b936b788d2..13cf27d349 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultRenderContext.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultRenderContext.java
@@ -146,14 +146,20 @@ class DefaultRenderContext extends AbstractContext<RenderContext> implements Ren
 
     @Override
     public final RenderContext sql(String s) {
-        if (s != null && cachedRenderFormatted) {
-            sql.append(NEWLINE.matcher(s).replaceAll("$0" + indentation()));
+        return sql(s, s == null || !cachedRenderFormatted);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final RenderContext sql(String s, boolean literal) {
+        if (literal) {
+            sql.append(s);
         }
         else {
-            sql.append(s);
+            sql.append(NEWLINE.matcher(s).replaceAll("$0" + indentation()));
         }
 
         return this;
+
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Val.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Val.java
index f065f53818..f2233d7782 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Val.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Val.java
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ class Val<T> extends AbstractParam<T> {
                 }
             }
             else if (ArrayRecord.class.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
-                context.sql(val.toString());
+                context.sql(val.toString(), true);
             }
             else if (EnumType.class.isAssignableFrom(type)) {
                 toSQL(context, ((EnumType) val).getLiteral());
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ class Val<T> extends AbstractParam<T> {
             // - UUID
             else {
                 context.sql("'")
-                       .sql(escape(val))
+                       .sql(escape(val), true)
                        .sql("'");
             }
         }