diff --git a/Lib/imaplib.py b/Lib/imaplib.py
index 0bdb9ff047ba7b..2041a083f0bc0e 100644
--- a/Lib/imaplib.py
+++ b/Lib/imaplib.py
@@ -1286,6 +1286,10 @@ def _get_response(self, start_timeout=False):
 
                 dat = self._get_line()
 
+                # Skip a blank line that some servers send after a literal.
+                if dat == b'':
+                    dat = self._get_line()
+
             self._append_untagged(typ, dat)
 
         # Bracketed response information?
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_imaplib.py b/Lib/test/test_imaplib.py
index b5a7950fe4e067..f0875d39397b60 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_imaplib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_imaplib.py
@@ -855,6 +855,23 @@ def test_lsub(self):
         self.assertEqual(typ, 'OK')
         self.assertEqual(server.args, ['~/Mail/', '%'])
 
+    def test_extra_blank_line_after_literal(self):
+        # Some buggy servers send an extra blank line after the counted
+        # literal data.  imaplib should skip it instead of failing.
+        class BlankLineHandler(SimpleIMAPHandler):
+            def cmd_FETCH(self, tag, args):
+                self._send(b'* 1 FETCH (BODY[HEADER] {13}\r\n')
+                self._send(b'Subject: test')       # 13-byte literal
+                self._send(b'\r\n)\r\n')            # stray blank line, then ')'
+                self._send_tagged(tag, 'OK', 'FETCH completed')
+        client, _ = self._setup(BlankLineHandler)
+        client.login('user', 'pass')
+        client.select()
+        typ, data = client.fetch('1', '(BODY[HEADER])')
+        self.assertEqual(typ, 'OK')
+        self.assertEqual(data, [(b'1 (BODY[HEADER] {13}', b'Subject: test'),
+                                b')'])
+
     def test_unselect(self):
         client, server = self._setup(SimpleIMAPHandler)
         client.login('user', 'pass')
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-01-10-00-00.gh-issue-88574.Kz3wQm.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-01-10-00-00.gh-issue-88574.Kz3wQm.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8d95bbbb5a15e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-01-10-00-00.gh-issue-88574.Kz3wQm.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+:mod:`imaplib` no longer fails when a server sends a spurious blank line
+after the counted data of a literal.  Such a blank line is now skipped.