diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index e505e3b..0664e26 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ the workflow documented at:
 
    http://wiki.openstack.org/GerritWorkflow
 
-Pull requests submitted through GitHub will be ignored.
\ No newline at end of file
+Pull requests submitted through GitHub will be ignored.
diff --git a/HACKING.rst b/HACKING.rst
index 97c6879..b889622 100644
--- a/HACKING.rst
+++ b/HACKING.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 doc8 Style Commandments
 ===============================================
 
-Read the OpenStack Style Commandments http://docs.openstack.org/developer/hacking/
\ No newline at end of file
+Read the OpenStack Style Commandments http://docs.openstack.org/developer/hacking/
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 3df598e..8b71665 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Command line usage
         - no trailing whitespace - D002
         - no tabulation for indentation - D003
         - no carriage returns (use unix newlines) - D004
+        - no newline at end of file - D005
 
     positional arguments:
       path                  path to scan for doc files (default: os.getcwd())
diff --git a/doc8/checks.py b/doc8/checks.py
index fc2e911..4637e9e 100644
--- a/doc8/checks.py
+++ b/doc8/checks.py
@@ -73,6 +73,17 @@ class CheckCarriageReturn(LineCheck):
             yield ('D004', 'Found literal carriage return')
 
 
+class CheckNewlineEndOfFile(ContentCheck):
+    REPORTS = frozenset(["D005"])
+
+    def __init__(self, cfg):
+        super(CheckNewlineEndOfFile, self).__init__(cfg)
+
+    def report_iter(self, parsed_file):
+        if parsed_file.lines and not parsed_file.lines[-1].endswith('\n'):
+            yield (len(parsed_file.lines), 'D005', 'No newline at end of file')
+
+
 class CheckValidity(ContentCheck):
     REPORTS = frozenset(["D000"])
     EXT_MATCHER = re.compile(r"(.*)[.]rst", re.I)
diff --git a/doc8/main.py b/doc8/main.py
index 85228d8..7de933a 100644
--- a/doc8/main.py
+++ b/doc8/main.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ What is checked:
     - no trailing whitespace - D002
     - no tabulation for indentation - D003
     - no carriage returns (use unix newlines) - D004
+    - no newline at end of file - D005
 """
 
 import argparse
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ def fetch_checks(cfg):
         checks.CheckIndentationNoTab(cfg),
         checks.CheckCarriageReturn(cfg),
         checks.CheckMaxLineLength(cfg),
+        checks.CheckNewlineEndOfFile(cfg),
     ]
     mgr = extension.ExtensionManager(
         namespace='doc8.extension.check',
diff --git a/doc8/parser.py b/doc8/parser.py
index 2778af0..0c1c575 100644
--- a/doc8/parser.py
+++ b/doc8/parser.py
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ class ParsedFile(object):
                 line = line[0:-1]
             yield line
 
+    @property
+    def lines(self):
+        self._read()
+        return self._lines
+
     @property
     def extension(self):
         return self._extension
diff --git a/doc8/tests/test_checks.py b/doc8/tests/test_checks.py
index 1530fc5..0a88794 100644
--- a/doc8/tests/test_checks.py
+++ b/doc8/tests/test_checks.py
@@ -120,3 +120,20 @@ test
                 check = checks.CheckMaxLineLength(conf)
                 errors = list(check.report_iter(parsed_file))
                 self.assertEqual(expected_errors, len(errors))
+
+
+class TestNewlineEndOfFile(testtools.TestCase):
+    def test_newline(self):
+        tests = [(1, "testing"),
+                 (1, "testing\ntesting"),
+                 (0, "testing\n"),
+                 (0, "testing\ntesting\n")]
+
+        for expected_errors, line in tests:
+            with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as fh:
+                fh.write(line)
+                fh.flush()
+                parsed_file = parser.ParsedFile(fh.name)
+                check = checks.CheckNewlineEndOfFile({})
+                errors = list(check.report_iter(parsed_file))
+                self.assertEqual(expected_errors, len(errors))