diff --git a/checksum.go b/checksum.go
index 986b23137..958bbede5 100644
--- a/checksum.go
+++ b/checksum.go
@@ -272,7 +272,10 @@ func (c *Client) checksumFromFile(ctx context.Context, checksumURL string, check
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf(
 					"Error reading checksum file: %s", err)
 			}
-			break
+			if line == "" {
+				break
+			}
+			// parse the line, if we hit EOF, but the line is not empty
 		}
 		checksum, err := parseChecksumLine(line)
 		if err != nil || checksum == nil {
diff --git a/get_test.go b/get_test.go
index 0ee215aaa..c240f7051 100644
--- a/get_test.go
+++ b/get_test.go
@@ -570,13 +570,18 @@ func TestGetFile_checksum_from_file(t *testing.T) {
 			true,
 			false,
 		},
-
 		// sha512
 		{
 			"?checksum=file:" + checksums + "/CHECKSUM_sha256_gpg",
 			true,
 			false,
 		},
+		{
+			// checksum file does not have EOL, ends line with EOF
+			"?checksum=file:" + httpChecksums.URL + "/sha512-p-EOF.sum",
+			true,
+			false,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range cases {
diff --git a/testdata/checksum-file/sha512-p-EOF.sum b/testdata/checksum-file/sha512-p-EOF.sum
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c72e8817
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/checksum-file/sha512-p-EOF.sum
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+060a8cc41c501e41b4537029661090597aeb4366702ac3cae8959f24b2c49005d6bd339833ebbeb481b127ac822d70b937c1637c8d0eaf81b6979d4c1d75d0e1
\ No newline at end of file