diff --git a/v23/mklinechecker_test.go b/v23/mklinechecker_test.go
index e291e222..4d547587 100644
--- a/v23/mklinechecker_test.go
+++ b/v23/mklinechecker_test.go
@@ -1153,5 +1153,7 @@ func (s *Suite) Test_MkLineChecker_checkDependencyTarget(c *check.C) {
 	mklines.Check()
 
 	t.CheckOutputLines(
-		"WARN: filename.mk:3: Undeclared target \"unknown-target\".")
+		"WARN: filename.mk:3: Undeclared target \"unknown-target\".",
+		"NOTE: filename.mk:4: A trailing semicolon "+
+			"at the end of a shell command line is redundant.")
 }
diff --git a/v23/shell.go b/v23/shell.go
index eb58c793..7474845c 100644
--- a/v23/shell.go
+++ b/v23/shell.go
@@ -610,6 +610,14 @@ func (ck *ShellLineChecker) CheckShellCommandLine(shelltext string) {
 
 	ck.CheckShellCommand(lexer.Rest(), &setE, RunTime)
 	ck.checkMultiLineComment()
+	if hasSuffix(shelltext, ";") && !contains(shelltext, "#") {
+		fix := line.Autofix()
+		fix.Notef("A trailing semicolon at the end of a shell command line is redundant.")
+		if strings.Count(shelltext, ";") == 1 {
+			fix.Replace(";", "")
+		}
+		fix.Apply()
+	}
 }
 
 func (ck *ShellLineChecker) checkHiddenAndSuppress(hiddenAndSuppress, rest string) {
diff --git a/v23/shell_test.go b/v23/shell_test.go
index a3fc78f3..0ea9b675 100644
--- a/v23/shell_test.go
+++ b/v23/shell_test.go
@@ -1347,6 +1347,22 @@ func (s *Suite) Test_ShellLineChecker_CheckShellCommandLine__install_option_d(c
 		"NOTE: filename.mk:1: You can use \"INSTALLATION_DIRS+= dir2\" instead of \"${INSTALL} -d\".")
 }
 
+func (s *Suite) Test_ShellLineChecker_CheckShellCommandLine__trailing_semicolon(c *check.C) {
+	t := s.Init(c)
+	t.SetUpTool("mkdir", "", AfterPrefsMk)
+
+	mklines := t.NewMkLines("Makefile",
+		MkCvsID,
+		"do-configure:",
+		"\tmkdir -p dirname;")
+
+	mklines.Check()
+
+	t.CheckOutputLines(
+		"NOTE: Makefile:3: A trailing semicolon " +
+			"at the end of a shell command line is redundant.")
+}
+
 func (s *Suite) Test_ShellLineChecker_checkHiddenAndSuppress(c *check.C) {
 	t := s.Init(c)