diff --git a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
--- a/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
+++ b/src/__phutil_library_map__.php
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@
     'ArcanistPEP8Linter' => 'lint/linter/ArcanistPEP8Linter.php',
     'ArcanistPEP8LinterTestCase' => 'lint/linter/__tests__/ArcanistPEP8LinterTestCase.php',
     'ArcanistPHPCloseTagXHPASTLinterRule' => 'lint/linter/xhpast/rules/ArcanistPHPCloseTagXHPASTLinterRule.php',
+    'ArcanistPHPCloseTagXHPASTLinterRuleTestCase' => 'lint/linter/xhpast/rules/__tests__/ArcanistPHPCloseTagXHPASTLinterRuleTestCase.php',
     'ArcanistPHPCompatibilityXHPASTLinterRule' => 'lint/linter/xhpast/rules/ArcanistPHPCompatibilityXHPASTLinterRule.php',
     'ArcanistPHPCompatibilityXHPASTLinterRuleTestCase' => 'lint/linter/xhpast/rules/__tests__/ArcanistPHPCompatibilityXHPASTLinterRuleTestCase.php',
     'ArcanistPHPEchoTagXHPASTLinterRule' => 'lint/linter/xhpast/rules/ArcanistPHPEchoTagXHPASTLinterRule.php',
@@ -680,6 +681,7 @@
     'ArcanistPEP8Linter' => 'ArcanistExternalLinter',
     'ArcanistPEP8LinterTestCase' => 'ArcanistExternalLinterTestCase',
     'ArcanistPHPCloseTagXHPASTLinterRule' => 'ArcanistXHPASTLinterRule',
+    'ArcanistPHPCloseTagXHPASTLinterRuleTestCase' => 'ArcanistXHPASTLinterRuleTestCase',
     'ArcanistPHPCompatibilityXHPASTLinterRule' => 'ArcanistXHPASTLinterRule',
     'ArcanistPHPCompatibilityXHPASTLinterRuleTestCase' => 'ArcanistXHPASTLinterRuleTestCase',
     'ArcanistPHPEchoTagXHPASTLinterRule' => 'ArcanistXHPASTLinterRule',
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/__tests__/xhpast/empty.lint-test b/src/lint/linter/__tests__/xhpast/empty.lint-test
--- a/src/lint/linter/__tests__/xhpast/empty.lint-test
+++ b/src/lint/linter/__tests__/xhpast/empty.lint-test
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-<?php ?>
+<?php
+
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 warning::
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/xhpast/rules/ArcanistPHPCloseTagXHPASTLinterRule.php b/src/lint/linter/xhpast/rules/ArcanistPHPCloseTagXHPASTLinterRule.php
--- a/src/lint/linter/xhpast/rules/ArcanistPHPCloseTagXHPASTLinterRule.php
+++ b/src/lint/linter/xhpast/rules/ArcanistPHPCloseTagXHPASTLinterRule.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   public function process(XHPASTNode $root) {
     $inline_html = $root->selectDescendantsOfType('n_INLINE_HTML');
 
-    if ($inline_html) {
+    if (count($inline_html) > 0) {
       return;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/xhpast/rules/__tests__/ArcanistPHPCloseTagXHPASTLinterRuleTestCase.php b/src/lint/linter/xhpast/rules/__tests__/ArcanistPHPCloseTagXHPASTLinterRuleTestCase.php
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lint/linter/xhpast/rules/__tests__/ArcanistPHPCloseTagXHPASTLinterRuleTestCase.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php
+
+final class ArcanistPHPCloseTagXHPASTLinterRuleTestCase
+  extends ArcanistXHPASTLinterRuleTestCase {
+
+  public function testLinter() {
+    $this->executeTestsInDirectory(dirname(__FILE__).'/php-close-tag/');
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/xhpast/rules/__tests__/php-close-tag/php-close-tag-inline-html-good.lint-test b/src/lint/linter/xhpast/rules/__tests__/php-close-tag/php-close-tag-inline-html-good.lint-test
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lint/linter/xhpast/rules/__tests__/php-close-tag/php-close-tag-inline-html-good.lint-test
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?php
+?>
+stuff.
+<?php
+?>
+~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/src/lint/linter/xhpast/rules/__tests__/php-close-tag/php-close-tag.lint-test b/src/lint/linter/xhpast/rules/__tests__/php-close-tag/php-close-tag.lint-test
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lint/linter/xhpast/rules/__tests__/php-close-tag/php-close-tag.lint-test
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?php
+return;
+?>
+~~~~~~~~~~
+error:3:1