diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-03-18-08-56-11.gh-issue-116943.in6ev9.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-03-18-08-56-11.gh-issue-116943.in6ev9.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..a0d11e2059b60b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-03-18-08-56-11.gh-issue-116943.in6ev9.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+small change to ``Modules/makesetup`` to allow missing ending line break for ``Setup`` files.
diff --git a/Modules/makesetup b/Modules/makesetup
index f6cf695b457cbf6..aeff89f526b7a25 100755
--- a/Modules/makesetup
+++ b/Modules/makesetup
@@ -92,7 +92,12 @@ for i in ${*-Setup}
 do
 	case $i in
 	-n)	echo '*noobjects*';;
-	*)	echo '*doconfig*'; cat "$i";;
+	*)
+        echo '*doconfig*'; cat "$i"
+        if [ "$(tail -c 1 $i)" != "" ]; then
+            echo ""
+        fi
+        ;;
 	esac
 done |
 sed -e 's/[ 	]*#.*//' -e '/^[ 	]*$/d' |