diff --git a/mod/profiles.php b/mod/profiles.php
index 06b8504500..a36c9730b3 100644
--- a/mod/profiles.php
+++ b/mod/profiles.php
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ function profiles_post(&$a) {
 
 		$sexual = notags(trim($_POST['sexual']));
 		$homepage = notags(trim($_POST['homepage']));
-		if (strpos($homepage, 'http') !== 0) {
+		if ((strpos($homepage, 'http') !== 0) && (strlen($homepage))) {
 		    // neither http nor https in URL, add them
 		    $homepage = 'http://'.$homepage;
 		}