diff --git a/@commitlint/rules/src/body-max-line-length.test.ts b/@commitlint/rules/src/body-max-line-length.test.ts
index afd4cbe5d8..b0f6238b67 100644
--- a/@commitlint/rules/src/body-max-line-length.test.ts
+++ b/@commitlint/rules/src/body-max-line-length.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { bodyMaxLineLength } from "./body-max-line-length.js";
 
 const short = "a";
 const long = "ab";
+const longFooter = `Signed-off-by: ${"a".repeat(110)}`;
 const url = "https://example.com/URL/with/a/very/long/path";
 
 const value = short.length;
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ const messages = {
 	empty: "test: subject",
 	short: `test: subject\n${short}`,
 	long: `test: subject\n${long}`,
+	longFooter: `test: subject\n\n${short}\n\n${longFooter}`,
 	shortMultipleLines: `test:subject\n${short}\n${short}\n${short}`,
 	longMultipleLines: `test:subject\n${short}\n${long}\n${short}`,
 	urlStandalone: `test:subject\n${short}\n${url}\n${short}`,
@@ -57,6 +59,12 @@ test("with long should fail", async () => {
 	expect(actual).toEqual(expected);
 });
 
+test("with long footer should succeed", async () => {
+	const [actual] = bodyMaxLineLength(await parsed.longFooter, undefined, value);
+	const expected = true;
+	expect(actual).toEqual(expected);
+});
+
 test("with short with multiple lines should succeed", async () => {
 	const [actual] = bodyMaxLineLength(await parsed.shortMultipleLines, undefined, value);
 	const expected = true;
diff --git a/@commitlint/rules/src/body-max-line-length.ts b/@commitlint/rules/src/body-max-line-length.ts
index 97dd32814a..f89eeea531 100644
--- a/@commitlint/rules/src/body-max-line-length.ts
+++ b/@commitlint/rules/src/body-max-line-length.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,49 @@
 import { maxLineLength } from "@commitlint/ensure";
+import toLines from "@commitlint/to-lines";
 import { SyncRule } from "@commitlint/types";
 
+const TRAILER_TOKEN = /^[A-Za-z0-9]+(?:-[A-Za-z0-9]+)+:\s\S/;
+
+function withoutTrailingFooter(body: string, footer?: string | null): string {
+	const footerStart = footer ? body.length - footer.length : -1;
+	const input =
+		footer &&
+		footerStart >= 0 &&
+		body.endsWith(footer) &&
+		(footerStart === 0 || body[footerStart - 1] === "\n")
+			? body.slice(0, footerStart).replace(/(\r?\n)+$/, "")
+			: body;
+
+	const lines = toLines(input);
+	let last = lines.length - 1;
+
+	while (last >= 0 && lines[last] === "") {
+		last--;
+	}
+
+	let first = last;
+
+	while (first >= 0 && lines[first] !== "") {
+		first--;
+	}
+
+	const footerLines = lines.slice(first + 1, last + 1);
+
+	if (footerLines.length === 0 || !footerLines.every((line) => TRAILER_TOKEN.test(line))) {
+		return input;
+	}
+
+	return lines.slice(0, first).join("\n");
+}
+
 export const bodyMaxLineLength: SyncRule<number> = (parsed, _when = undefined, value = 0) => {
-	const input = parsed.body;
+	const body = parsed.body;
 
-	if (!input) {
+	if (!body) {
 		return [true];
 	}
 
+	const input = withoutTrailingFooter(body, parsed.footer);
+
 	return [maxLineLength(input, value), `body's lines must not be longer than ${value} characters`];
 };