1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/tool_metalink.c b/src/tool_metalink.c
index 6e4a31c43..773158711 100644
--- a/src/tool_metalink.c
+++ b/src/tool_metalink.c
@@ -339,7 +339,8 @@ static int check_hash(const char *filename,
   digest_context *dctx;
   int check_ok;
   int fd;
-  fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
+  /* O_BINARY is required in order to avoid binary EOF in text mode */
+  fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY);
   if(fd == -1) {
     fprintf(error, "Metalink: validating (%s) FAILED (%s)\n", filename,
             strerror(errno));