Index: src/opari/opari2_parser_f.cc
===================================================================
--- src/opari/opari2_parser_f.cc	(revision 1748)
+++ src/opari/opari2_parser_f.cc	(working copy)
@@ -304,6 +304,12 @@
     return result;
 }
 
+bool
+OPARI2_FortranParser::is_empty_line( void )
+{
+    return m_lowline.find_first_not_of( " \t" ) == string::npos;
+}
+
 /**@brief check if this line is a comment line*/
 bool
 OPARI2_FortranParser::is_comment_line( void )
@@ -816,7 +822,7 @@
                 found_continuation_line = true;
                 m_sentinel              = prev_sentinel;
             }
-            else if ( found_continuation_line )
+            else if ( found_continuation_line && !is_empty_line() )
             {
                 cerr << m_curr_file << ":" << m_lineno - 1
                      << ": ERROR: missing continuation line\n";
Index: src/opari/opari2_parser_f.h
===================================================================
--- src/opari/opari2_parser_f.h	(revision 1748)
+++ src/opari/opari2_parser_f.h	(working copy)
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@
     bool
     is_sub_unit_header( void );
 
+/**@brief check if this line is empty*/
+    bool
+    is_empty_line( void );
+
 /**@brief check if this line is a comment line*/
     bool
     is_comment_line( void );