diff --git a/@commitlint/cli/src/cli.js b/@commitlint/cli/src/cli.js
index 8109af9997c..0a1c0dfa294 100755
--- a/@commitlint/cli/src/cli.js
+++ b/@commitlint/cli/src/cli.js
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ async function main(options) {
 	const input = await (fromStdin ? stdin() : read(range, {cwd: flags.cwd}));
 
 	const messages = (Array.isArray(input) ? input : [input])
+		.filter(message => message.trim() !== '')
 		.filter(message => typeof message === 'string')
 		.filter(Boolean);