diff --git a/autotests/adblocktest.cpp b/autotests/adblocktest.cpp
index 24158ae60..44ecc7351 100644
--- a/autotests/adblocktest.cpp
+++ b/autotests/adblocktest.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* ============================================================
 * Falkon - Qt web browser
-* Copyright (C) 2013  David Rosca <nowrep@gmail.com>
+* Copyright (C) 2013-2018 David Rosca <nowrep@gmail.com>
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 * ============================================================ */
 #include "adblocktest.h"
 #include "adblockrule.h"
+#include "adblocksubscription.h"
 
 #include <QtTest/QtTest>
 
@@ -108,4 +109,16 @@ void AdBlockTest::parseRegExpFilterTest()
     QCOMPARE(rule_test.parseRegExpFilter(parsedFilter), result);
 }
 
+void AdBlockTest::ignoreEmptyLinesInSubscriptionTest()
+{
+    AdBlockSubscription subscription("test-subscription");
+    subscription.setFilePath(":autotests/data/adblock_empty_lines.txt");
+    subscription.loadSubscription({});
+
+    QCOMPARE(subscription.allRules().count(), 3);
+    QCOMPARE(subscription.allRules().at(0)->filter(), QString("filter.com"));
+    QCOMPARE(subscription.allRules().at(1)->filter(), QString("test"));
+    QCOMPARE(subscription.allRules().at(2)->isComment(), true);
+}
+
 QTEST_GUILESS_MAIN(AdBlockTest)
diff --git a/autotests/adblocktest.h b/autotests/adblocktest.h
index 304716724..e88759550 100644
--- a/autotests/adblocktest.h
+++ b/autotests/adblocktest.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* ============================================================
 * Falkon - Qt web browser
-* Copyright (C) 2013-2014  David Rosca <nowrep@gmail.com>
+* Copyright (C) 2013-2018 David Rosca <nowrep@gmail.com>
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ class AdBlockTest : public QObject
 private slots:
     void isMatchingCookieTest_data();
     void isMatchingCookieTest();
-
     void parseRegExpFilterTest_data();
     void parseRegExpFilterTest();
 
+    void ignoreEmptyLinesInSubscriptionTest();
 };
 
 #endif // ADBLOCKTEST_H
diff --git a/autotests/autotests.qrc b/autotests/autotests.qrc
index 20cbc5a25..86b3b7b8b 100644
--- a/autotests/autotests.qrc
+++ b/autotests/autotests.qrc
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
     <qresource prefix="/autotests">
         <file>data/basic_page.html</file>
         <file>data/basic_page2.html</file>
+        <file>data/adblock_empty_lines.txt</file>
     </qresource>
 </RCC>
diff --git a/autotests/data/adblock_empty_lines.txt b/autotests/data/adblock_empty_lines.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cdcd838c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autotests/data/adblock_empty_lines.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Title: Empty Lines List
+Url: https://kde.org
+[Adblock Plus 2.0]
+
+filter.com
+test
+
+! Comment