diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/querydsl/binding/QuerydslPredicateBuilder.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/querydsl/binding/QuerydslPredicateBuilder.java
index a01e4f705..1916c34d1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/querydsl/binding/QuerydslPredicateBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/querydsl/binding/QuerydslPredicateBuilder.java
@@ -216,6 +216,6 @@ public class QuerydslPredicateBuilder {
 	 * @return
 	 */
 	private static boolean isSingleElementCollectionWithoutText(List<String> source) {
-		return source.size() == 1 && !StringUtils.hasText(source.get(0));
+		return source.size() == 1 && !StringUtils.hasLength(source.get(0));
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/querydsl/binding/QuerydslPredicateBuilderUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/querydsl/binding/QuerydslPredicateBuilderUnitTests.java
index 397749d58..1e0ac2b2f 100755
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/querydsl/binding/QuerydslPredicateBuilderUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/querydsl/binding/QuerydslPredicateBuilderUnitTests.java
@@ -205,4 +205,21 @@ public class QuerydslPredicateBuilderUnitTests {
 		assertThat(builder.getPredicate(USER_TYPE, values, bindings))//
 				.isEqualTo($.user.as(QSpecialUser.class).specialProperty.contains("VALUE"));
 	}
+
+	@Test // DATACMNS-1443
+	public void doesNotDropValuesContainingABlank() {
+
+		values.add("firstname", " ");
+
+		assertThat(builder.getPredicate(USER_TYPE, values, DEFAULT_BINDINGS)) //
+				.isEqualTo(QUser.user.firstname.eq(" "));
+	}
+
+	@Test // DATACMNS-1443
+	public void dropsValuesContainingAnEmptyString() {
+
+		values.add("firstname", "");
+
+		assertThat(builder.getPredicate(USER_TYPE, values, DEFAULT_BINDINGS)).isNull();
+	}
 }