diff --git a/tests/run-make/link-arg/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/link-arg/rmake.rs
index a6d68800792f8..c0bf8d972af73 100644
--- a/tests/run-make/link-arg/rmake.rs
+++ b/tests/run-make/link-arg/rmake.rs
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ fn main() {
         .run_unchecked();
     out.assert_stdout_contains("lfoo");
     out.assert_stdout_contains("lbar");
+    assert!(out.stdout_utf8().ends_with('\n'));
 }