diff --git a/plugin/input/file/worker.go b/plugin/input/file/worker.go
index 18bb6738d..f27f62c47 100644
--- a/plugin/input/file/worker.go
+++ b/plugin/input/file/worker.go
@@ -204,6 +204,14 @@ func (w *worker) work(controller inputer, jobProvider *jobProvider, readBufferSi
 
 		// check if file was truncated.
 		if isEOFReached {
+			// Flush remaining data when EOF is reached and there's no trailing newline.
+			// Without this, the last line of a file that doesn't end with '\n' is silently dropped.
+			if len(accumBuf) > 0 {
+				job.lastEventSeq = controller.In(sourceID, sourceName, pipeline.NewOffsets(lastOffset+scanned, offsets), accumBuf, isVirgin, metadataInfo)
+				accumBuf = accumBuf[:0]
+				job.tail = job.tail[:0]
+			}
+
 			err := w.processEOF(file, job, jobProvider, lastOffset+readTotal)
 			if err != nil {
 				logger.Fatalf("file %d:%s stat error: %s", sourceID, sourceName, err.Error())
diff --git a/plugin/input/file/worker_test.go b/plugin/input/file/worker_test.go
index e3defc21a..17ed2af49 100644
--- a/plugin/input/file/worker_test.go
+++ b/plugin/input/file/worker_test.go
@@ -58,13 +58,6 @@ func TestWorkerWork(t *testing.T) {
 			readBufferSize: 1024,
 			expData:        "abc\n",
 		},
-		{
-			name:           "should_ok_and_empty_when_read_not_ready_line",
-			maxEventSize:   1024,
-			inFile:         "abc",
-			readBufferSize: 1024,
-			expData:        "",
-		},
 		{
 			name:           "should_ok_and_not_read_long_line",
 			maxEventSize:   2,
@@ -81,11 +74,18 @@ func TestWorkerWork(t *testing.T) {
 			expData:            "abc\n",
 		},
 		{
-			name:           "should_ok_when_read_1_line_without_newline",
+			name:           "should_emit_last_line_without_trailing_newline",
 			maxEventSize:   1024,
 			inFile:         "abc",
 			readBufferSize: 1024,
-			expData:        "",
+			expData:        "abc",
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "should_emit_last_line_among_multiple_without_trailing_newline",
+			maxEventSize:   1024,
+			inFile:         "line1\nline2\nline3",
+			readBufferSize: 1024,
+			expData:        "line3",
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ func TestWorkerWorkMultiData(t *testing.T) {
 			readBufferSize: 1024,
 
 			inData:  `{"a":"a"}`,
-			outData: nil, // we don't send an event if we don't find a newline
+			outData: []string{`{"a":"a"}`},
 		},
 	}