diff --git a/src/uu/stat/src/stat.rs b/src/uu/stat/src/stat.rs
index 41fe5bf895c..adcd541d616 100644
--- a/src/uu/stat/src/stat.rs
+++ b/src/uu/stat/src/stat.rs
@@ -945,7 +945,14 @@ impl Stater {
     /// Returns the tokens parsed before the bad one, so the caller can print
     /// them the way GNU does, and the error that stopped the parse. A format
     /// that ends in a bad directive keeps no trailing newline.
-    fn generate_tokens(format_str: &str, use_printf: bool) -> (Vec<Token>, Option<DirectiveError>) {
+    ///
+    /// `trailing_newline` adds the newline GNU prints after a `--format`
+    /// output, even one that already ends with a newline.
+    fn generate_tokens(
+        format_str: &str,
+        use_printf: bool,
+        trailing_newline: bool,
+    ) -> (Vec<Token>, Option<DirectiveError>) {
         let mut tokens = Vec::new();
         let chars = format_str.chars().collect::<Vec<char>>();
         let bound = chars.len();
@@ -970,7 +977,7 @@ impl Stater {
             }
             i += 1;
         }
-        if !use_printf && !format_str.ends_with('\n') {
+        if trailing_newline {
             tokens.push(Token::Char('\n'));
         }
         (tokens, None)
@@ -1036,19 +1043,25 @@ impl Stater {
         // error there is our bug, has nothing to point at, and is raised now.
         let mut format_error = None;
         let default_tokens = if format_str.is_empty() {
-            let (tokens, error) =
-                Self::generate_tokens(&Self::default_format(show_fs, terse, false), use_printf);
+            let (tokens, error) = Self::generate_tokens(
+                &Self::default_format(show_fs, terse, false),
+                use_printf,
+                false,
+            );
             if let Some(error) = error {
                 return Err(error.to_error(diag_args, None));
             }
             tokens
         } else {
-            let (tokens, error) = Self::generate_tokens(format_str, use_printf);
+            let (tokens, error) = Self::generate_tokens(format_str, use_printf, !use_printf);
             format_error = error;
             tokens
         };
-        let (default_dev_tokens, default_dev_error) =
-            Self::generate_tokens(&Self::default_format(show_fs, terse, true), use_printf);
+        let (default_dev_tokens, default_dev_error) = Self::generate_tokens(
+            &Self::default_format(show_fs, terse, true),
+            use_printf,
+            false,
+        );
         if let Some(error) = default_dev_error {
             return Err(error.to_error(diag_args, None));
         }
@@ -1622,8 +1635,10 @@ mod tests {
                 format: 'w',
             },
             Token::Char('\n'),
+            // --format adds its own newline after the one the format ends with
+            Token::Char('\n'),
         ];
-        let (tokens, error) = Stater::generate_tokens(s, false);
+        let (tokens, error) = Stater::generate_tokens(s, false, true);
         assert!(error.is_none());
         assert_eq!(&expected, &tokens);
     }
@@ -1668,7 +1683,7 @@ mod tests {
             Token::Byte(b'J'),
             Token::Byte(b'\n'),
         ];
-        let (tokens, error) = Stater::generate_tokens(s, true);
+        let (tokens, error) = Stater::generate_tokens(s, true, false);
         assert!(error.is_none());
         assert_eq!(&expected, &tokens);
     }
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_stat.rs b/tests/by-util/test_stat.rs
index 2f7c3157723..3581efb2cb7 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_stat.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_stat.rs
@@ -774,6 +774,40 @@ fn test_printf_invalid_directive() {
         .stderr_contains("'%9%': invalid directive");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_format_always_ends_with_a_newline() {
+    // GNU adds the newline after --format output even when the format ends in one.
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .args(&["-c", "%n\n", "."])
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_only(".\n\n");
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .args(&["--printf=%n\n", "."])
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_only(".\n");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_default_formats_end_with_one_newline() {
+    let mut cases: Vec<&[&str]> = vec![&["."], &["-t", "."]];
+    // `stat -f` needs the file system type, which is not implemented everywhere.
+    if cfg!(any(
+        target_vendor = "apple",
+        target_os = "linux",
+        target_os = "android",
+        target_os = "freebsd"
+    )) {
+        cases.extend([&["-f", "."][..], &["-f", "-t", "."]]);
+    }
+    for args in cases {
+        let out = new_ucmd!().args(args).succeeds().stdout_move_str();
+        assert!(
+            out.ends_with('\n') && !out.ends_with("\n\n"),
+            "{args:?} should end with exactly one newline: {out:?}"
+        );
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_invalid_directive_after_multibyte_char() {
     let ts = TestScenario::new(util_name!());