diff --git a/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs b/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
index 07b852921..7515ca1c9 100644
--- a/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
+++ b/src/uu/sort/src/sort.rs
@@ -351,20 +351,18 @@ fn tokenize_default(line: &str) -> Vec<Field> {
 
 /// Split between separators. These separators are not included in fields.
 fn tokenize_with_separator(line: &str, separator: char) -> Vec<Field> {
-    let mut tokens = vec![0..0];
-    let mut previous_was_separator = false;
-    for (idx, char) in line.char_indices() {
-        if previous_was_separator {
-            tokens.push(idx..0);
-        }
-        if char == separator {
-            tokens.last_mut().unwrap().end = idx;
-            previous_was_separator = true;
-        } else {
-            previous_was_separator = false;
-        }
+    let mut tokens = vec![];
+    let separator_indices =
+        line.char_indices()
+            .filter_map(|(i, c)| if c == separator { Some(i) } else { None });
+    let mut start = 0;
+    for sep_idx in separator_indices {
+        tokens.push(start..sep_idx);
+        start = sep_idx + 1;
+    }
+    if start < line.len() {
+        tokens.push(start..line.len());
     }
-    tokens.last_mut().unwrap().end = line.len();
     tokens
 }
 
@@ -1383,4 +1381,14 @@ mod tests {
             vec![0..0, 1..1, 2..2, 3..9, 10..18,]
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_tokenize_fields_trailing_custom_separator() {
+        let line = "a";
+        assert_eq!(tokenize(line, Some('a')), vec![0..0]);
+        let line = "aa";
+        assert_eq!(tokenize(line, Some('a')), vec![0..0, 1..1]);
+        let line = "..a..a";
+        assert_eq!(tokenize(line, Some('a')), vec![0..2, 3..5]);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs b/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs
index a4a9a383c..72d4f67fc 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_sort.rs
@@ -581,3 +581,12 @@ fn test_check_silent() {
         .fails()
         .stdout_is("");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_trailing_separator() {
+    new_ucmd!()
+    .args(&["-t", "x", "-k", "1,1"])
+    .pipe_in("aax\naaa\n")
+    .succeeds()
+    .stdout_is("aax\naaa\n");
+}
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