diff --git a/gpg-interface.c b/gpg-interface.c
index db17d65f8a..efe2c0d386 100644
--- a/gpg-interface.c
+++ b/gpg-interface.c
@@ -75,48 +75,80 @@ void signature_check_clear(struct signature_check *sigc)
 	FREE_AND_NULL(sigc->key);
 }
 
+/* An exclusive status -- only one of them can appear in output */
+#define GPG_STATUS_EXCLUSIVE	(1<<0)
+
 static struct {
 	char result;
 	const char *check;
+	unsigned int flags;
 } sigcheck_gpg_status[] = {
-	{ 'G', "\n[GNUPG:] GOODSIG " },
-	{ 'B', "\n[GNUPG:] BADSIG " },
-	{ 'U', "\n[GNUPG:] TRUST_NEVER" },
-	{ 'U', "\n[GNUPG:] TRUST_UNDEFINED" },
-	{ 'E', "\n[GNUPG:] ERRSIG "},
-	{ 'X', "\n[GNUPG:] EXPSIG "},
-	{ 'Y', "\n[GNUPG:] EXPKEYSIG "},
-	{ 'R', "\n[GNUPG:] REVKEYSIG "},
+	{ 'G', "GOODSIG ", GPG_STATUS_EXCLUSIVE },
+	{ 'B', "BADSIG ", GPG_STATUS_EXCLUSIVE },
+	{ 'U', "TRUST_NEVER", 0 },
+	{ 'U', "TRUST_UNDEFINED", 0 },
+	{ 'E', "ERRSIG ", GPG_STATUS_EXCLUSIVE },
+	{ 'X', "EXPSIG ", GPG_STATUS_EXCLUSIVE },
+	{ 'Y', "EXPKEYSIG ", GPG_STATUS_EXCLUSIVE },
+	{ 'R', "REVKEYSIG ", GPG_STATUS_EXCLUSIVE },
 };
 
 static void parse_gpg_output(struct signature_check *sigc)
 {
 	const char *buf = sigc->gpg_status;
+	const char *line, *next;
 	int i;
+	int seen_exclusive_status = 0;
 
-	/* Iterate over all search strings */
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sigcheck_gpg_status); i++) {
-		const char *found, *next;
+	/* Iterate over all lines */
+	for (line = buf; *line; line = strchrnul(line+1, '\n')) {
+		while (*line == '\n')
+			line++;
+		/* Skip lines that don't start with GNUPG status */
+		if (!skip_prefix(line, "[GNUPG:] ", &line))
+			continue;
 
-		if (!skip_prefix(buf, sigcheck_gpg_status[i].check + 1, &found)) {
-			found = strstr(buf, sigcheck_gpg_status[i].check);
-			if (!found)
-				continue;
-			found += strlen(sigcheck_gpg_status[i].check);
-		}
-		sigc->result = sigcheck_gpg_status[i].result;
-		/* The trust messages are not followed by key/signer information */
-		if (sigc->result != 'U') {
-			next = strchrnul(found, ' ');
-			sigc->key = xmemdupz(found, next - found);
-			/* The ERRSIG message is not followed by signer information */
-			if (*next && sigc-> result != 'E') {
-				found = next + 1;
-				next = strchrnul(found, '\n');
-				sigc->signer = xmemdupz(found, next - found);
+		/* Iterate over all search strings */
+		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sigcheck_gpg_status); i++) {
+			if (skip_prefix(line, sigcheck_gpg_status[i].check, &line)) {
+				if (sigcheck_gpg_status[i].flags & GPG_STATUS_EXCLUSIVE) {
+					if (++seen_exclusive_status > 1)
+						goto found_duplicate_status;
+				}
+
+				sigc->result = sigcheck_gpg_status[i].result;
+				/* The trust messages are not followed by key/signer information */
+				if (sigc->result != 'U') {
+					next = strchrnul(line, ' ');
+					free(sigc->key);
+					sigc->key = xmemdupz(line, next - line);
+					/* The ERRSIG message is not followed by signer information */
+					if (*next && sigc->result != 'E') {
+						line = next + 1;
+						next = strchrnul(line, '\n');
+						free(sigc->signer);
+						sigc->signer = xmemdupz(line, next - line);
+					}
+				}
+
+				break;
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	return;
+
+found_duplicate_status:
+	/*
+	 * GOODSIG, BADSIG etc. can occur only once for each signature.
+	 * Therefore, if we had more than one then we're dealing with multiple
+	 * signatures.  We don't support them currently, and they're rather
+	 * hard to create, so something is likely fishy and we should reject
+	 * them altogether.
+	 */
+	sigc->result = 'E';
+	/* Clear partial data to avoid confusion */
+	FREE_AND_NULL(sigc->signer);
+	FREE_AND_NULL(sigc->key);
 }
 
 int check_signature(const char *payload, size_t plen, const char *signature,
diff --git a/t/t7510-signed-commit.sh b/t/t7510-signed-commit.sh
index 4e37ff8f16..180f0be914 100755
--- a/t/t7510-signed-commit.sh
+++ b/t/t7510-signed-commit.sh
@@ -234,4 +234,30 @@ test_expect_success GPG 'check config gpg.format values' '
 	test_must_fail git commit -S --amend -m "fail"
 '
 
+test_expect_success GPG 'detect fudged commit with double signature' '
+	sed -e "/gpgsig/,/END PGP/d" forged1 >double-base &&
+	sed -n -e "/gpgsig/,/END PGP/p" forged1 | \
+		sed -e "s/^gpgsig//;s/^ //" | gpg --dearmor >double-sig1.sig &&
+	gpg -o double-sig2.sig -u 29472784 --detach-sign double-base &&
+	cat double-sig1.sig double-sig2.sig | gpg --enarmor >double-combined.asc &&
+	sed -e "s/^\(-.*\)ARMORED FILE/\1SIGNATURE/;1s/^/gpgsig /;2,\$s/^/ /" \
+		double-combined.asc > double-gpgsig &&
+	sed -e "/committer/r double-gpgsig" double-base >double-commit &&
+	git hash-object -w -t commit double-commit >double-commit.commit &&
+	test_must_fail git verify-commit $(cat double-commit.commit) &&
+	git show --pretty=short --show-signature $(cat double-commit.commit) >double-actual &&
+	grep "BAD signature from" double-actual &&
+	grep "Good signature from" double-actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success GPG 'show double signature with custom format' '
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	E
+
+
+	EOF
+	git log -1 --format="%G?%n%GK%n%GS" $(cat double-commit.commit) >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done