diff --git a/test/spec/Feature/Query/QuerySpec.hs b/test/spec/Feature/Query/QuerySpec.hs
index c78f00c88..073cb4824 100644
--- a/test/spec/Feature/Query/QuerySpec.hs
+++ b/test/spec/Feature/Query/QuerySpec.hs
@@ -1397,3 +1397,13 @@ spec actualPgVersion = do
         { matchStatus  = 404
         , matchHeaders = [matchContentTypeJson]
         }
+
+  context "searching for an empty string" $ do
+    it "works with an empty eq filter" $
+      get "/empty_string?string=eq.&select=id,string" `shouldRespondWith`
+        [json|
+          [{"id":1,"string":""}]
+        |]
+        { matchStatus  = 200
+        , matchHeaders = [matchContentTypeJson]
+        }
diff --git a/test/spec/fixtures/schema.sql b/test/spec/fixtures/schema.sql
index 6eeac7d06..5a2823378 100644
--- a/test/spec/fixtures/schema.sql
+++ b/test/spec/fixtures/schema.sql
@@ -3625,3 +3625,5 @@ create aggregate test.bom_csv_agg (test.lines) (
 , sfunc = bom_csv_trans
 , finalfunc = bom_csv_final
 );
+
+create table empty_string as select 1 as id, ''::text as string;