diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Inflector/Inflector.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Inflector/Inflector.php
index 70ac51fc0dfa2..87cc6bd132ddc 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Inflector/Inflector.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Inflector/Inflector.php
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ final class Inflector
      * A list of words which should not be inflected, reversed.
      */
     private static $uninflected = [
+        '',
         'atad',
         'reed',
         'kcabdeef',
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Inflector/Tests/InflectorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Inflector/Tests/InflectorTest.php
index 9a93125dd468f..a3c22ac0f5106 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Inflector/Tests/InflectorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Inflector/Tests/InflectorTest.php
@@ -320,4 +320,16 @@ public function testPluralize($singular, $expectedPlural)
 
         $this->assertEquals($expectedPlural, $plural);
     }
+
+    public function testPluralizeEmptyString()
+    {
+        $plural = Inflector::pluralize('');
+        $this->assertSame('', $plural);
+    }
+
+    public function testSingularizeEmptyString()
+    {
+        $singular = Inflector::singularize('');
+        $this->assertSame('', $singular);
+    }
 }