diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3395bba..20a9e20 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
   (#1354)
 
 ### build system
+* Don't pass an empty string as argument to configure/cmake.
+  (#1356)
 
 ## Version 2.0.3
 
diff --git a/Pmodules/modbuild.in b/Pmodules/modbuild.in
index dc7e3b4..2bb9c51 100644
--- a/Pmodules/modbuild.in
+++ b/Pmodules/modbuild.in
@@ -1207,6 +1207,7 @@ build_modules_yaml_v1(){
 
 	set_configure_args(){
 		local -a args=()
+		[[ -z "$1" ]] && return 0
 		readarray -t args <<< "$1"
 		pbuild.set_configure_args "${args[@]}"
 	}