diff --git a/spec/gears/string_spec.lua b/spec/gears/string_spec.lua
index 11f7e6e33..58f0396e9 100644
--- a/spec/gears/string_spec.lua
+++ b/spec/gears/string_spec.lua
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ describe("gears.string", function()
         assert.is_true(gstring.endswith("something", "thing"))
         assert.is_false(gstring.endswith("something", "that"))
     end)
+
+    describe("split", function()
+        assert.is_same(gstring.split("", "\n"), {""})
+        assert.is_same(gstring.split("\n", "\n"), {"", ""})
+        assert.is_same(gstring.split("foo", "\n"), {"foo"})
+        assert.is_same(gstring.split("foo\n", "\n"), {"foo", ""})
+        assert.is_same(gstring.split("foo\nbar", "\n"), {"foo", "bar"})
+    end)
 end)
 
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