diff --git a/CodeSniffer/Standards/PEAR/Sniffs/Functions/FunctionDeclarationSniff.php b/CodeSniffer/Standards/PEAR/Sniffs/Functions/FunctionDeclarationSniff.php
index c681257d9e..8a39744184 100644
--- a/CodeSniffer/Standards/PEAR/Sniffs/Functions/FunctionDeclarationSniff.php
+++ b/CodeSniffer/Standards/PEAR/Sniffs/Functions/FunctionDeclarationSniff.php
@@ -346,6 +346,9 @@ public function processMultiLineDeclaration(PHP_CodeSniffer_File $phpcsFile, $st
                 // We changed lines, so this should be a whitespace indent token.
                 if ($tokens[$i]['code'] !== T_WHITESPACE) {
                     $foundIndent = 0;
+                } else if ($tokens[$i]['line'] !== $tokens[($i + 1)]['line']) {
+                    // This is an empty line, so don't check the indent.
+                    $foundIndent = $expectedIndent;
                 } else {
                     $foundIndent = strlen($tokens[$i]['content']);
                 }
diff --git a/CodeSniffer/Standards/PEAR/Tests/Functions/FunctionDeclarationUnitTest.inc b/CodeSniffer/Standards/PEAR/Tests/Functions/FunctionDeclarationUnitTest.inc
index cf2187c70c..363d967efc 100644
--- a/CodeSniffer/Standards/PEAR/Tests/Functions/FunctionDeclarationUnitTest.inc
+++ b/CodeSniffer/Standards/PEAR/Tests/Functions/FunctionDeclarationUnitTest.inc
@@ -200,3 +200,12 @@ function foo(
 ): SomeClass // Comment here
 {
 }
+
+function foo(
+    $param1,
+
+    $param2,
+
+    $param3,
+) : SomeClass {
+}
diff --git a/CodeSniffer/Standards/PEAR/Tests/Functions/FunctionDeclarationUnitTest.inc.fixed b/CodeSniffer/Standards/PEAR/Tests/Functions/FunctionDeclarationUnitTest.inc.fixed
index 80e378a364..870b3252c7 100644
--- a/CodeSniffer/Standards/PEAR/Tests/Functions/FunctionDeclarationUnitTest.inc.fixed
+++ b/CodeSniffer/Standards/PEAR/Tests/Functions/FunctionDeclarationUnitTest.inc.fixed
@@ -205,3 +205,12 @@ function foo(
 ): SomeClass { // Comment here
 
 }
+
+function foo(
+    $param1,
+
+    $param2,
+
+    $param3,
+) : SomeClass {
+}
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index ffa3666961..e4d2f30a7d 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ http://pear.php.net/dtd/package-2.0.xsd">
  <license uri="https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/blob/master/licence.txt">BSD 3-Clause License</license>
  <notes>
   - The PHP-supplied T_COALESCE_EQUAL token has been replicated for PHP versions before 7.2
+  - PEAR.Functions.FunctionDeclaration no longer reports indent errors for blank lines in a function declaration
   - Squiz.Commenting.FunctionComment now corrects multi-line param comment padding more accurately
   - Squiz.Commenting.FunctionComment now properly fixes pipe-seperated param types
   - Squiz.Commenting.FunctionComment now works correctly when function return types also contain a comment