diff --git a/test/split.nim b/test/split.nim
index aee5229916..dc12a2bb41 100644
--- a/test/split.nim
+++ b/test/split.nim
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ suite "string splitting":
     check("1 2 3 4 5 6 ".split(initRegex(" ", "S")) == @["1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", ""])
     check("1  2  ".split(initRegex(" ", "S")) == @["1", "", "2", "", ""])
     check("1 2".split(initRegex(" ", "S")) == @["1", "2"])
+    check("foo".split(initRegex("foo")) == @["", ""])