diff --git a/lib/impure/re.nim b/lib/impure/re.nim
index 8e5efbb287..4eacf0091c 100644
--- a/lib/impure/re.nim
+++ b/lib/impure/re.nim
@@ -556,19 +556,22 @@ iterator split*(s: string, sep: Regex; maxsplit = -1): string =
       @["", "this", "is", "an", "example", ""]
   var last = 0
   var splits = maxsplit
-  var x: int
+  var x = -1
+  if len(s) == 0:
+    last = 1
+  if matchLen(s, sep, 0) == 0:
+    x = 0
   while last <= len(s):
     var first = last
     var sepLen = 1
+    if x == 0:
+      inc(last)
     while last < len(s):
       x = matchLen(s, sep, last)
       if x >= 0:
         sepLen = x
         break
       inc(last)
-    if x == 0:
-      if last >= len(s): break
-      inc last
     if splits == 0: last = len(s)
     yield substr(s, first, last-1)
     if splits == 0: break
diff --git a/tests/stdlib/tre.nim b/tests/stdlib/tre.nim
index 2857c6c9e5..9f27f7db22 100644
--- a/tests/stdlib/tre.nim
+++ b/tests/stdlib/tre.nim
@@ -108,4 +108,10 @@ proc testAll() =
     doAssert replace("foo", re"", "-") == "-f-o-o-"
     doAssert replace("ooo", re"o", "-") == "---"
 
+  block: # bug #14468
+    accum = @[]
+    for word in split("this is an example", re"\b"):
+      accum.add(word)
+    doAssert(accum == @["this", " ", "is", " ", "an", " ", "example"])
+
 testAll()