diff --git a/lib/metadata_json_lint.rb b/lib/metadata_json_lint.rb
index 3571a20..dd54ad5 100644
--- a/lib/metadata_json_lint.rb
+++ b/lib/metadata_json_lint.rb
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ def contains_invalid_escape?(content)
   end
   module_function :contains_invalid_escape?
 
+  def misses_newline_at_end?(content)
+    content[-1] != "\n"
+  end
+  module_function :misses_newline_at_end?
+
   def parse(metadata)
     @errors = []
     @warnings = []
@@ -91,6 +96,8 @@ def parse(metadata)
       abort("Error: Unable to read metadata file: #{e.exception}")
     end
 
+    abort('Error: metadata.json does not have a valid newline at the end') if misses_newline_at_end?(f)
+
     abort('Error: Unable to parse metadata.json: Invalid escape character in string') if contains_invalid_escape?(f)
 
     begin
diff --git a/tests/missing_newline/Rakefile b/tests/missing_newline/Rakefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c64525a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/missing_newline/Rakefile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.expand_path('../../lib', __dir__))
+require 'metadata-json-lint/rake_task'
diff --git a/tests/missing_newline/expected b/tests/missing_newline/expected
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80656e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/missing_newline/expected
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Error: metadata.json does not have a valid newline at the end
diff --git a/tests/missing_newline/metadata.json b/tests/missing_newline/metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88df379
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/missing_newline/metadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "name": "puppetlabs-postgresql",
+  "version": "3.4.1",
+  "author": "Inkling/Puppet Labs",
+  "summary": "A metadata.json file without a newline at the end",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "source": "git://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet-postgresql.git",
+  "project_page": "https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet-postgresql",
+  "issues_url": "https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet-postgresql/issues",
+  "operatingsystem_support": [
+  ],
+  "requirements": [
+  ],
+  "dependencies": [
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test.sh b/tests/test.sh
index 93a5965..1eb576d 100755
--- a/tests/test.sh
+++ b/tests/test.sh
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ test "bad_license" $SUCCESS --no-fail-on-warnings
 # Run a broken one, expect FAILURE
 test "invalid_escape_char" $FAILURE
 
+# Run a broken one, expect FAILURE
+test "missing_newline" $FAILURE
+
 # Run a broken one, expect FAILURE
 test "long_summary" $FAILURE