diff --git a/builtins/text.c b/builtins/text.c
index df90b38..4ec3d83 100644
--- a/builtins/text.c
+++ b/builtins/text.c
@@ -1428,6 +1428,9 @@ public Text_t Text$replace(Text_t text, Text_t pattern, Text_t replacement)
 
 public array_t Text$split(Text_t text, Text_t pattern)
 {
+    if (text.length == 0) // special case
+        return (array_t){.length=0};
+
     if (pattern.length == 0) // special case
         return Text$clusters(text);
 
diff --git a/test/text.tm b/test/text.tm
index 4dd3531..cf084f8 100644
--- a/test/text.tm
+++ b/test/text.tm
@@ -152,3 +152,6 @@ func main():
 
 	>> "+":join([:Text])
 	= ""
+
+	>> "":split()
+	= []