diff --git a/src/uu/cksum/src/cksum.rs b/src/uu/cksum/src/cksum.rs
index b23550616..127e932c1 100644
--- a/src/uu/cksum/src/cksum.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cksum/src/cksum.rs
@@ -533,6 +533,9 @@ where
                     failed_cksum += 1;
                 }
             } else {
+                if line.is_empty() {
+                    continue;
+                }
                 bad_format += 1;
             }
         }
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_cksum.rs b/tests/by-util/test_cksum.rs
index de53a19a9..e60ed7e94 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_cksum.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_cksum.rs
@@ -754,6 +754,46 @@ fn test_check_pipe() {
         .code_is(1);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_cksum_check_empty_line() {
+    let scene = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
+    let at = &scene.fixtures;
+
+    at.touch("f");
+    at.write("CHECKSUM", "\
+    SHA384 (f) = 38b060a751ac96384cd9327eb1b1e36a21fdb71114be07434c0cc7bf63f6e1da274edebfe76f65fbd51ad2f14898b95b\n\
+    BLAKE2b (f) = 786a02f742015903c6c6fd852552d272912f4740e15847618a86e217f71f5419d25e1031afee585313896444934eb04b903a685b1448b755d56f701afe9be2ce\n\
+    BLAKE2b-384 (f) = b32811423377f52d7862286ee1a72ee540524380fda1724a6f25d7978c6fd3244a6caf0498812673c5e05ef583825100\n\
+    SM3 (f) = 1ab21d8355cfa17f8e61194831e81a8f22bec8c728fefb747ed035eb5082aa2b\n\n");
+    scene
+        .ucmd()
+        .arg("--check")
+        .arg("CHECKSUM")
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_contains("f: OK\nf: OK\nf: OK\nf: OK\n")
+        .stderr_does_not_contain("line is improperly formatted");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_cksum_check_space() {
+    let scene = TestScenario::new(util_name!());
+    let at = &scene.fixtures;
+
+    at.touch("f");
+    at.write("CHECKSUM", "\
+    SHA384 (f) = 38b060a751ac96384cd9327eb1b1e36a21fdb71114be07434c0cc7bf63f6e1da274edebfe76f65fbd51ad2f14898b95b\n\
+    BLAKE2b (f) = 786a02f742015903c6c6fd852552d272912f4740e15847618a86e217f71f5419d25e1031afee585313896444934eb04b903a685b1448b755d56f701afe9be2ce\n\
+    BLAKE2b-384 (f) = b32811423377f52d7862286ee1a72ee540524380fda1724a6f25d7978c6fd3244a6caf0498812673c5e05ef583825100\n\
+    SM3 (f) = 1ab21d8355cfa17f8e61194831e81a8f22bec8c728fefb747ed035eb5082aa2b\n  \n");
+    scene
+        .ucmd()
+        .arg("--check")
+        .arg("CHECKSUM")
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_contains("f: OK\nf: OK\nf: OK\nf: OK\n")
+        .stderr_contains("line is improperly formatted");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_cksum_check() {
     let scene = TestScenario::new(util_name!());