diff --git a/.x-sc_prohibit_empty_lines_at_EOF b/.x-sc_prohibit_empty_lines_at_EOF
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c394a31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.x-sc_prohibit_empty_lines_at_EOF
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+xargs/testsuite/xargs\..*/.*\.xo
+xargs/testsuite/inputs/.*\.xi
+locate/testsuite/locate\.gnu/.*\.xo
+find/testsuite/find\..*/.*\.xo
+COPYING
+doc/regexprops.texi
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5f1cd94b..e56a3047 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-04-13  James Youngman  <jay@gnu.org>
+
+	* .x-sc_prohibit_empty_lines_at_EOF: New file; exceptions for the
+	sc_prohibit_empty_lines_at_EOF syntax check.
+
 2010-04-11  James Youngman  <jay@gnu.org>
 
 	Add a test case for Savannah bug 27563 (-L breaks -execdir).