diff --git a/11/alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh b/11/alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
index ce794a289f..d34886ea14 100755
--- a/11/alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/11/alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ docker_init_database_dir() {
 		set -- --waldir "$POSTGRES_INITDB_WALDIR" "$@"
 	fi
 
-	eval 'initdb --username="$POSTGRES_USER" --pwfile=<(printf "%s" "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD") '"$POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS"' "$@"'
+	# --pwfile refuses to handle a properly-empty file (hence the "\n"): https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/issues/1025
+	eval 'initdb --username="$POSTGRES_USER" --pwfile=<(printf "%s\n" "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD") '"$POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS"' "$@"'
 
 	# unset/cleanup "nss_wrapper" bits
 	if [[ "${LD_PRELOAD:-}" == */libnss_wrapper.so ]]; then
diff --git a/11/bullseye/docker-entrypoint.sh b/11/bullseye/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 7167ae3945..749445d218 100755
--- a/11/bullseye/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/11/bullseye/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ docker_init_database_dir() {
 		set -- --waldir "$POSTGRES_INITDB_WALDIR" "$@"
 	fi
 
-	eval 'initdb --username="$POSTGRES_USER" --pwfile=<(printf "%s" "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD") '"$POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS"' "$@"'
+	# --pwfile refuses to handle a properly-empty file (hence the "\n"): https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/issues/1025
+	eval 'initdb --username="$POSTGRES_USER" --pwfile=<(printf "%s\n" "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD") '"$POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS"' "$@"'
 
 	# unset/cleanup "nss_wrapper" bits
 	if [[ "${LD_PRELOAD:-}" == */libnss_wrapper.so ]]; then
diff --git a/12/alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh b/12/alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
index ce794a289f..d34886ea14 100755
--- a/12/alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/12/alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ docker_init_database_dir() {
 		set -- --waldir "$POSTGRES_INITDB_WALDIR" "$@"
 	fi
 
-	eval 'initdb --username="$POSTGRES_USER" --pwfile=<(printf "%s" "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD") '"$POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS"' "$@"'
+	# --pwfile refuses to handle a properly-empty file (hence the "\n"): https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/issues/1025
+	eval 'initdb --username="$POSTGRES_USER" --pwfile=<(printf "%s\n" "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD") '"$POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS"' "$@"'
 
 	# unset/cleanup "nss_wrapper" bits
 	if [[ "${LD_PRELOAD:-}" == */libnss_wrapper.so ]]; then
diff --git a/12/bullseye/docker-entrypoint.sh b/12/bullseye/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 7167ae3945..749445d218 100755
--- a/12/bullseye/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/12/bullseye/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ docker_init_database_dir() {
 		set -- --waldir "$POSTGRES_INITDB_WALDIR" "$@"
 	fi
 
-	eval 'initdb --username="$POSTGRES_USER" --pwfile=<(printf "%s" "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD") '"$POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS"' "$@"'
+	# --pwfile refuses to handle a properly-empty file (hence the "\n"): https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/issues/1025
+	eval 'initdb --username="$POSTGRES_USER" --pwfile=<(printf "%s\n" "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD") '"$POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS"' "$@"'
 
 	# unset/cleanup "nss_wrapper" bits
 	if [[ "${LD_PRELOAD:-}" == */libnss_wrapper.so ]]; then
diff --git a/13/alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh b/13/alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
index ce794a289f..d34886ea14 100755
--- a/13/alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/13/alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ docker_init_database_dir() {
 		set -- --waldir "$POSTGRES_INITDB_WALDIR" "$@"
 	fi
 
-	eval 'initdb --username="$POSTGRES_USER" --pwfile=<(printf "%s" "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD") '"$POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS"' "$@"'
+	# --pwfile refuses to handle a properly-empty file (hence the "\n"): https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/issues/1025
+	eval 'initdb --username="$POSTGRES_USER" --pwfile=<(printf "%s\n" "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD") '"$POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS"' "$@"'
 
 	# unset/cleanup "nss_wrapper" bits
 	if [[ "${LD_PRELOAD:-}" == */libnss_wrapper.so ]]; then
diff --git a/13/bullseye/docker-entrypoint.sh b/13/bullseye/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 7167ae3945..749445d218 100755
--- a/13/bullseye/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/13/bullseye/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ docker_init_database_dir() {
 		set -- --waldir "$POSTGRES_INITDB_WALDIR" "$@"
 	fi
 
-	eval 'initdb --username="$POSTGRES_USER" --pwfile=<(printf "%s" "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD") '"$POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS"' "$@"'
+	# --pwfile refuses to handle a properly-empty file (hence the "\n"): https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/issues/1025
+	eval 'initdb --username="$POSTGRES_USER" --pwfile=<(printf "%s\n" "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD") '"$POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS"' "$@"'
 
 	# unset/cleanup "nss_wrapper" bits
 	if [[ "${LD_PRELOAD:-}" == */libnss_wrapper.so ]]; then
diff --git a/14/alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh b/14/alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
index ce794a289f..d34886ea14 100755
--- a/14/alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/14/alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ docker_init_database_dir() {
 		set -- --waldir "$POSTGRES_INITDB_WALDIR" "$@"
 	fi
 
-	eval 'initdb --username="$POSTGRES_USER" --pwfile=<(printf "%s" "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD") '"$POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS"' "$@"'
+	# --pwfile refuses to handle a properly-empty file (hence the "\n"): https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/issues/1025
+	eval 'initdb --username="$POSTGRES_USER" --pwfile=<(printf "%s\n" "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD") '"$POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS"' "$@"'
 
 	# unset/cleanup "nss_wrapper" bits
 	if [[ "${LD_PRELOAD:-}" == */libnss_wrapper.so ]]; then
diff --git a/14/bullseye/docker-entrypoint.sh b/14/bullseye/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 7167ae3945..749445d218 100755
--- a/14/bullseye/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/14/bullseye/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ docker_init_database_dir() {
 		set -- --waldir "$POSTGRES_INITDB_WALDIR" "$@"
 	fi
 
-	eval 'initdb --username="$POSTGRES_USER" --pwfile=<(printf "%s" "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD") '"$POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS"' "$@"'
+	# --pwfile refuses to handle a properly-empty file (hence the "\n"): https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/issues/1025
+	eval 'initdb --username="$POSTGRES_USER" --pwfile=<(printf "%s\n" "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD") '"$POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS"' "$@"'
 
 	# unset/cleanup "nss_wrapper" bits
 	if [[ "${LD_PRELOAD:-}" == */libnss_wrapper.so ]]; then
diff --git a/15/alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh b/15/alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
index ce794a289f..d34886ea14 100755
--- a/15/alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/15/alpine/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ docker_init_database_dir() {
 		set -- --waldir "$POSTGRES_INITDB_WALDIR" "$@"
 	fi
 
-	eval 'initdb --username="$POSTGRES_USER" --pwfile=<(printf "%s" "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD") '"$POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS"' "$@"'
+	# --pwfile refuses to handle a properly-empty file (hence the "\n"): https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/issues/1025
+	eval 'initdb --username="$POSTGRES_USER" --pwfile=<(printf "%s\n" "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD") '"$POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS"' "$@"'
 
 	# unset/cleanup "nss_wrapper" bits
 	if [[ "${LD_PRELOAD:-}" == */libnss_wrapper.so ]]; then
diff --git a/15/bullseye/docker-entrypoint.sh b/15/bullseye/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 7167ae3945..749445d218 100755
--- a/15/bullseye/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/15/bullseye/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ docker_init_database_dir() {
 		set -- --waldir "$POSTGRES_INITDB_WALDIR" "$@"
 	fi
 
-	eval 'initdb --username="$POSTGRES_USER" --pwfile=<(printf "%s" "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD") '"$POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS"' "$@"'
+	# --pwfile refuses to handle a properly-empty file (hence the "\n"): https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/issues/1025
+	eval 'initdb --username="$POSTGRES_USER" --pwfile=<(printf "%s\n" "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD") '"$POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS"' "$@"'
 
 	# unset/cleanup "nss_wrapper" bits
 	if [[ "${LD_PRELOAD:-}" == */libnss_wrapper.so ]]; then
diff --git a/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 7167ae3945..749445d218 100755
--- a/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ docker_init_database_dir() {
 		set -- --waldir "$POSTGRES_INITDB_WALDIR" "$@"
 	fi
 
-	eval 'initdb --username="$POSTGRES_USER" --pwfile=<(printf "%s" "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD") '"$POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS"' "$@"'
+	# --pwfile refuses to handle a properly-empty file (hence the "\n"): https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/issues/1025
+	eval 'initdb --username="$POSTGRES_USER" --pwfile=<(printf "%s\n" "$POSTGRES_PASSWORD") '"$POSTGRES_INITDB_ARGS"' "$@"'
 
 	# unset/cleanup "nss_wrapper" bits
 	if [[ "${LD_PRELOAD:-}" == */libnss_wrapper.so ]]; then