diff --git a/aurweb/routers/pkgbase.py b/aurweb/routers/pkgbase.py
index 2cef5436..6cd4199d 100644
--- a/aurweb/routers/pkgbase.py
+++ b/aurweb/routers/pkgbase.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ async def pkgbase_keywords(request: Request, name: str,
 
     # Lowercase all keywords. Our database table is case insensitive,
     # and providing CI duplicates of keywords is erroneous.
-    keywords = set(k.lower() for k in keywords.split(" "))
+    keywords = set(k.lower() for k in keywords.split())
 
     # Delete all keywords which are not supplied by the user.
     with db.begin():
diff --git a/test/test_pkgbase_routes.py b/test/test_pkgbase_routes.py
index 3468656e..a152c590 100644
--- a/test/test_pkgbase_routes.py
+++ b/test/test_pkgbase_routes.py
@@ -1396,3 +1396,33 @@ def test_pkgbase_keywords(client: TestClient, user: User, package: Package):
     expected = ["abc", "test"]
     for i, keyword in enumerate(keywords):
         assert keyword.text.strip() == expected[i]
+
+
+def test_pkgbase_empty_keywords(client: TestClient, user: User, package: Package):
+    endpoint = f"/pkgbase/{package.PackageBase.Name}"
+    with client as request:
+        resp = request.get(endpoint)
+    assert resp.status_code == int(HTTPStatus.OK)
+
+    root = parse_root(resp.text)
+    keywords = root.xpath('//a[@class="keyword"]')
+    assert len(keywords) == 0
+
+    cookies = {"AURSID": user.login(Request(), "testPassword")}
+    post_endpoint = f"{endpoint}/keywords"
+    with client as request:
+        resp = request.post(post_endpoint, data={
+            "keywords": "abc test     foo bar    "
+        }, cookies=cookies)
+    assert resp.status_code == int(HTTPStatus.SEE_OTHER)
+
+    with client as request:
+        resp = request.get(resp.headers.get("location"))
+    assert resp.status_code == int(HTTPStatus.OK)
+
+    root = parse_root(resp.text)
+    keywords = root.xpath('//a[@class="keyword"]')
+    assert len(keywords) == 4
+    expected = ["abc", "bar", "foo", "test"]
+    for i, keyword in enumerate(keywords):
+        assert keyword.text.strip() == expected[i]