1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
index b678f7e5..4f34feb6 100644
--- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
@@ -1539,7 +1539,7 @@ check_sanity() {
 		while read -r file; do
 			# evaluate any bash variables used
 			eval file=\"$(sed 's/^\(['\''"]\)\(.*\)\1$/\2/' <<< "$file")\"
-			if [[ ! -f $file ]]; then
+			if [[ $file && ! -f $file ]]; then
 				error "$(gettext "%s file (%s) does not exist.")" "$i" "$file"
 				ret=1
 			fi