diff --git a/test/doxygen/.gitignore b/test/doxygen/.gitignore
index 1936cc1..9c67cb5 100644
--- a/test/doxygen/.gitignore
+++ b/test/doxygen/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 html
+autodoc.xml
diff --git a/test/doxygen/Jamfile.v2 b/test/doxygen/Jamfile.v2
index d9f34f0..2c3f163 100644
--- a/test/doxygen/Jamfile.v2
+++ b/test/doxygen/Jamfile.v2
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-
 # Copyright 2009 Daniel James.
+# Copyright 2024 Andrey Semashev
 # Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
 # file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
 
 using boostbook ;
 using doxygen ;
+import xsltproc ;
+import make ;
 import os ;
 
 doxygen autodoc
@@ -14,13 +16,22 @@ doxygen autodoc
         <xsl:param>"boost.doxygen.reftitle=Example Reference"
     ;
 
+# Applies format.xsl to an XML file to reduce potential newline/whitespace
+# differences and make the subsequent diff more informative.
+rule format-xml ( target : source : properties * )
+{
+    xsltproc.xslt $(target) : $(source) format.xsl : $(properties) ;
+}
+
+make autodoc.xml.formatted : autodoc.xml : format-xml ;
+make autodoc.gold.formatted : autodoc.gold : format-xml ;
+
 if [ os.name ] = NT
 {
     actions compare
     {
         comp /A $(>[1]) $(>[2]) && echo "Stamped" >$(<)
     }
-
 }
 else
 {
@@ -30,12 +41,12 @@ else
     }
 }
 
-make check : autodoc.xml autodoc.gold : @compare ;
+make check : autodoc.xml.formatted autodoc.gold.formatted : @compare ;
 
 boostbook standalone
     :
         example.xml
     :
-        <xsl:param>boost.root=../../../../..        
+        <xsl:param>boost.root=../../../../..
         <dependency>autodoc
     ;
diff --git a/test/doxygen/format.xsl b/test/doxygen/format.xsl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a087be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/doxygen/format.xsl
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+   Copyright (c) 2024 Andrey Semashev
+
+   Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+   (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+   http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+-->
+<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
+  <xsl:output method="xml" encoding="utf-8"/>
+  <xsl:param name="indent-step" select="'  '"/>
+
+  <xsl:template match="processing-instruction() | comment()">
+    <xsl:param name="indent" select="''"/>
+
+    <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text><!-- Newline -->
+    <xsl:value-of select="$indent"/>
+    <xsl:copy/>
+  </xsl:template>
+
+  <xsl:template match="text()">
+    <xsl:param name="indent" select="''"/>
+
+    <xsl:if test="normalize-space(.) != ''">
+      <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text><!-- Newline -->
+      <xsl:value-of select="$indent"/>
+      <xsl:value-of select="normalize-space(.)"/>
+    </xsl:if>
+  </xsl:template>
+
+  <xsl:template match="*">
+    <xsl:param name="indent" select="''"/>
+
+    <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text><!-- Newline -->
+    <xsl:value-of select="$indent"/>
+    <xsl:choose>
+      <xsl:when test="count(./*) &gt; 0">
+        <xsl:copy>
+          <xsl:copy-of select="@*"/>
+          <xsl:apply-templates>
+            <xsl:with-param name="indent" select="concat($indent, $indent-step)"/>
+          </xsl:apply-templates>
+          <xsl:text>&#10;</xsl:text><!-- Newline -->
+          <xsl:value-of select="$indent"/>
+        </xsl:copy>
+      </xsl:when>
+      <xsl:otherwise>
+        <xsl:copy-of select="."/>
+      </xsl:otherwise>
+    </xsl:choose>
+  </xsl:template>
+</xsl:stylesheet>