diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ConfigTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ConfigTest.java
index f07427313..e5e1e7ad6 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ConfigTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ConfigTest.java
@@ -556,6 +556,15 @@ public class ConfigTest {
 		assertEquals(result, config.toText());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testNoFinalNewline() throws ConfigInvalidException {
+		Config c = parse("[a]\n"
+				+ "x = 0\n"
+				+ "y = 1");
+		assertEquals("0", c.getString("a", null, "x"));
+		assertEquals("1", c.getString("a", null, "y"));
+	}
+
 	private static void assertReadLong(long exp) throws ConfigInvalidException {
 		assertReadLong(exp, String.valueOf(exp));
 	}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Config.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Config.java
index af04b1090..8240ac8f7 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Config.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/Config.java
@@ -1002,8 +1002,11 @@ public class Config {
 		ConfigLine e = new ConfigLine();
 		for (;;) {
 			int input = in.read();
-			if (-1 == input)
+			if (-1 == input) {
+				if (e.section != null)
+					newEntries.add(e);
 				break;
+			}
 
 			final char c = (char) input;
 			if ('\n' == c) {