diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 38c7e05575..516fc6a37e 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ Major new features in 2.8 release
 All:
 
 - Fix bug in wxFileConfig when recreating a group (Steven Van Ingelgem)
+- Account for lines without newline at the end in wxExecute()
 - Added wxString::char_str() and wchar_str() methods for forward
   compatiblity with wxWidgets 3
 
diff --git a/src/common/utilscmn.cpp b/src/common/utilscmn.cpp
index 7cf1062a5f..732b244072 100644
--- a/src/common/utilscmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/utilscmn.cpp
@@ -647,24 +647,27 @@ static bool ReadAll(wxInputStream *is, wxArrayString& output)
 
     wxTextInputStream tis(*is);
 
-    bool cont = true;
-    while ( cont )
+    for ( ;; )
     {
         wxString line = tis.ReadLine();
-        if ( is->Eof() )
-            break;
 
+        // check for EOF before other errors as it's not really an error
+        if ( is->Eof() )
+        {
+            // add the last, possibly incomplete, line
+            if ( !line.empty() )
+                output.Add(line);
+            break;
+        }
+
+        // any other error is fatal
         if ( !*is )
-        {
-            cont = false;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            output.Add(line);
-        }
+            return false;
+
+        output.Add(line);
     }
 
-    return cont;
+    return true;
 }
 #endif // wxUSE_STREAMS