diff --git a/src/Extension/CoreExtension.php b/src/Extension/CoreExtension.php
index 80ced9815..9078f0ef8 100644
--- a/src/Extension/CoreExtension.php
+++ b/src/Extension/CoreExtension.php
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ function twig_join_filter($value, $glue = '', $and = null)
  */
 function twig_split_filter(Environment $env, $value, $delimiter, $limit = null)
 {
-    if (!empty($delimiter)) {
+    if (strlen($delimiter)) {
         return null === $limit ? explode($delimiter, $value) : explode($delimiter, $value, $limit);
     }
 
diff --git a/test/Twig/Tests/Fixtures/filters/split.test b/test/Twig/Tests/Fixtures/filters/split.test
index 92dbf0a05..2bd46afa3 100644
--- a/test/Twig/Tests/Fixtures/filters/split.test
+++ b/test/Twig/Tests/Fixtures/filters/split.test
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 {{ baz|split('', 1)|join('-') }}
 {{ baz|split('', 2)|join('-') }}
 {{ foo|split(',', -2)|join('-') }}
+{{ "hello0world"|split('0')|join('-') }}
 --DATA--
 return ['foo' => "one,two,three,four,five", 'baz' => '12345',]
 --EXPECT--
@@ -17,4 +18,5 @@ one-two-three,four,five
 1-2-3-4-5
 1-2-3-4-5
 12-34-5
-one-two-three
\ No newline at end of file
+one-two-three
+hello-world
\ No newline at end of file