diff --git a/ognibuild/buildsystem.py b/ognibuild/buildsystem.py
index 615d543..9ef04d7 100644
--- a/ognibuild/buildsystem.py
+++ b/ognibuild/buildsystem.py
@@ -978,7 +978,9 @@ class RunTests(BuildSystem):
 
 def _read_cpanfile(session, args, kind, fixers):
     for line in run_with_build_fixers(session, ["cpanfile-dump"] + args, fixers):
-        yield kind, PerlModuleRequirement(line.strip())
+        line = line.strip()
+        if line:
+            yield kind, PerlModuleRequirement(line)
 
 
 def _declared_deps_from_cpanfile(session, fixers):