diff --git a/jam/jam.c b/jam/jam.c
index 8958c2bbe8..6edf54609a 100644
--- a/jam/jam.c
+++ b/jam/jam.c
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv, char **arg_environ )
 	/* close compilation database output file */
 	if ( globs.comp_db )
 	{
-		fprintf(globs.comp_db, "]\n");
+		fprintf(globs.comp_db, "\n]\n");
 		fclose( globs.comp_db );
 	}
 
diff --git a/jam/make1.c b/jam/make1.c
index 906b41a393..7b8ed24fe1 100644
--- a/jam/make1.c
+++ b/jam/make1.c
@@ -735,6 +735,9 @@ static void out_json(char const* str, FILE* f)
 }
 
 
+static int written_compile_database_objects = 0;
+
+
 void out_compile_database
 (
      char const * const action,
@@ -750,13 +753,17 @@ void out_compile_database
         && (strstr(action, "Cc") != NULL || strstr(action, "C++") != NULL))
      {
          char buffer[PATH_MAX];
+         if( written_compile_database_objects++ > 0 )
+         {
+             fputs(",\n", globs.comp_db);
+         }
          fputs("{ \"directory\": \"", globs.comp_db);
          out_json(getcwd(buffer, sizeof(buffer)), globs.comp_db);
          fputs("\", \"command\": \"", globs.comp_db);
          out_json(command, globs.comp_db);
          fputs("\", \"file\": \"", globs.comp_db);
          out_json(source, globs.comp_db);
-         fputs("\" },\n", globs.comp_db);
+         fputs("\" }", globs.comp_db);
      }
 
 }
diff --git a/jam/patchlevel.h b/jam/patchlevel.h
index 14e64538c6..1ffed6bc5c 100644
--- a/jam/patchlevel.h
+++ b/jam/patchlevel.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Keep JAMVERSYM in sync with VERSION. */
 /* It can be accessed as $(JAMVERSION) in the Jamfile. */
 
-#define VERSION "2.5-haiku-20211020"
-#define JAMVERSYM "JAMVERSION=2.5-haiku-20211020"
+#define VERSION "2.5-haiku-20211029"
+#define JAMVERSYM "JAMVERSION=2.5-haiku-20211029"