diff --git a/po/CMakeLists.txt b/po/CMakeLists.txt
index 6b7ec7b8ba..69ce8d9a3f 100644
--- a/po/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/po/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ FUNCTION(MAKE_GNUCASH_POTFILES)
   # here so it is easier for me to compare to the autotools
   # generated POTFILES.in
   STRING(REPLACE ";" "\n" SORT_IN "${FILES}")
+  STRING(APPEND SORT_IN "\n")
   FILE(WRITE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/POTFILES.in.in "${SORT_IN}")
 
   EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND "${PERL_EXECUTABLE}" "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/util/elegant-sort.pl"