diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 4bad667aa50..5cac769f01b 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-12-07  Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen  <larsi@gnus.org>
+
+	* net/shr.el (shr-tag-img): Don't bug out on <img src="">
+	data.
+
 2013-12-06  Michael Albinus  <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
 
 	* progmodes/compile.el (compilation-start):
diff --git a/lisp/net/shr.el b/lisp/net/shr.el
index 5857517684a..4c256f8d716 100644
--- a/lisp/net/shr.el
+++ b/lisp/net/shr.el
@@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@ The preference is a float determined from `shr-prefer-media-type'."
 (defun shr-tag-img (cont &optional url)
   (when (or url
 	    (and cont
-		 (cdr (assq :src cont))))
+		 (> (length (cdr (assq :src cont))) 0)))
     (when (and (> (current-column) 0)
 	       (not (eq shr-state 'image)))
       (insert "\n"))