diff --git a/usr/libexec/security-misc/emerg-shutdown b/usr/libexec/security-misc/emerg-shutdown
index 81dc9c1..189afe6 100755
--- a/usr/libexec/security-misc/emerg-shutdown
+++ b/usr/libexec/security-misc/emerg-shutdown
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export LC_ALL=C
 
 ## Read emergency shutdown key configuration
 for config_file in /etc/security-misc/emerg-shutdown/*.conf; do
+  bash -n "${config_file}"
   source "${config_file}"
 done
 if [ -z "${EMERG_SHUTDOWN_KEYS}" ]; then
diff --git a/usr/libexec/security-misc/ensure-shutdown b/usr/libexec/security-misc/ensure-shutdown
index 8eb663f..3aac905 100755
--- a/usr/libexec/security-misc/ensure-shutdown
+++ b/usr/libexec/security-misc/ensure-shutdown
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export LC_ALL=C
 
 ## Read emergency shutdown key configuration
 for config_file in /etc/security-misc/emerg-shutdown/*.conf; do
+  bash -n "${config_file}"
   source "${config_file}"
 done
 if [ -z "${ENSURE_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT}" ] \