diff --git a/IPython/utils/py3compat.py b/IPython/utils/py3compat.py
index 57eca72..2c9df7c 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/py3compat.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/py3compat.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ else:
             # The rstrip() is necessary b/c trailing whitespace in files will
             # cause an IndentationError in Python 2.6 (this was fixed in 2.7,
             # but we still support 2.6).  See issue 1027.
-            scripttext = __builtin__.open(fname).read().rstrip()
+            scripttext = __builtin__.open(fname).read().rstrip() + '\n'
             # compile converts unicode filename to str assuming
             # ascii. Let's do the conversion before calling compile
             if isinstance(fname, unicode):