diff --git a/PREUPLOAD.cfg b/PREUPLOAD.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..468243a2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PREUPLOAD.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[Hook Scripts]
+whitespace = tools/whitespace.sh ${PREUPLOAD_FILES}
diff --git a/tools/whitespace.sh b/tools/whitespace.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5fb4a2f4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/whitespace.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+RESULT=0
+
+for i in "$@"; do
+  a="`tail -c 1 "$i"`"
+  if [ "$a" != "" ]; then
+    echo "$i does not have a trailing newline" 1>&2
+    RESULT=-1
+  fi
+done
+
+exit $RESULT