diff --git a/lib/js/jsre.nim b/lib/js/jsre.nim
index cd8fb2be72..0cc2f8a872 100644
--- a/lib/js/jsre.nim
+++ b/lib/js/jsre.nim
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ func compile*(self: RegExp; pattern: cstring; flags: cstring) {.importjs: "#.com
 func replace*(pattern: cstring; self: RegExp; replacement: cstring): cstring {.importjs: "#.replace(#, #)".}
   ## Returns a new string with some or all matches of a pattern replaced by given replacement
 
-func split*(pattern: cstring; self: RegExp): seq[cstring] {.importjs: "#.split(#)".}
+func split*(pattern: cstring; self: RegExp): seq[cstring] {.importjs: "(#.split(#) || [])".}
   ## Divides a string into an ordered list of substrings and returns the array
 
-func match*(pattern: cstring; self: RegExp): seq[cstring] {.importjs: "#.match(#)".}
+func match*(pattern: cstring; self: RegExp): seq[cstring] {.importjs: "(#.match(#) || [])".}
   ## Returns an array of matches of a RegExp against given string
 
-func exec*(self: RegExp; pattern: cstring): seq[cstring] {.importjs: "#.exec(#)".}
+func exec*(self: RegExp; pattern: cstring): seq[cstring] {.importjs: "(#.exec(#) || [])".}
   ## Executes a search for a match in its string parameter.
 
 func toCstring*(self: RegExp): cstring {.importjs: "#.toString()".}
@@ -87,3 +87,5 @@ runnableExamples:
   assert "do1ne".split(jsregex) == @["do".cstring, "ne".cstring]
   jsregex.compile(r"[lw]", r"i")
   assert "hello world".replace(jsregex,"X") == "heXlo world"
+  let digitsRegex: RegExp = newRegExp(r"\d")
+  assert "foo".match(digitsRegex) == @[]