diff --git a/picard/script.py b/picard/script.py
index fbc6222e6..28c9e446d 100644
--- a/picard/script.py
+++ b/picard/script.py
@@ -1048,6 +1048,8 @@ def func_title(parser, text):
     like: from "Lost in the Supermarket" to "Lost In The Supermarket"
     Example: $set(album,$title(%album%))
     """
+    if not text:
+        return text
     capitalized = text[0].capitalize()
     capital = False
     for i in range(1, len(text)):
diff --git a/test/test_script.py b/test/test_script.py
index e41738781..785832608 100644
--- a/test/test_script.py
+++ b/test/test_script.py
@@ -546,6 +546,7 @@ class ScriptParserTest(PicardTestCase):
         self.assertScriptResultEquals("$title('a)", "'a")
         self.assertScriptResultEquals("$title(l'a)", "L'a")
         self.assertScriptResultEquals("$title(2'a)", "2'A")
+        self.assertScriptResultEquals(r"$title(%empty%)", "")
         # Tests wrong number of arguments
         areg = r"^\d+:\d+:\$title: Wrong number of arguments for \$title: Expected exactly 1, "
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(ScriptError, areg):