diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 2eac649e..6966b0ec 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 	* PR #134 Miscellaneous spelling fixes. Thanks jsoref!
 	* Fix that ldns-read-zone and ldns_zone_new_frm_fp_l properly return
 	  the $INCLUDE not implemented error.
+	* Fix that ldns-read-zone and ldns_zone_new_frm_fp_l count the line
+	  number for an empty line after a comment.
 
 1.7.1	2019-07-26
 	* bugfix: Manage verification paths for OpenSSL >= 1.1.0
diff --git a/parse.c b/parse.c
index 3c737620..9698ba71 100644
--- a/parse.c
+++ b/parse.c
@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ ldns_fget_token_l_st(FILE *f, char **token, size_t *limit, bool fixed
 		if (c != '\0' && c != '\n') {
 			*t++ = c;
 		}
+		if (c == '\n' && line_nr) {
+			*line_nr = *line_nr + 1;
+		}
 		if (c == '\\' && prev_c == '\\')
 			prev_c = 0;
 		else	prev_c = c;