diff --git a/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb b/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
index 2f3df78..2ace9e0 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ module Liquid
     #   <div class="summary">{{ post | split '//' | first }}</div>
     #
     def split(input, pattern)
-      input.split(pattern)
+      input.to_s.split(pattern)
     end
 
     def strip(input)
diff --git a/test/integration/standard_filter_test.rb b/test/integration/standard_filter_test.rb
index fc8114e..ffa2ebb 100644
--- a/test/integration/standard_filter_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/standard_filter_test.rb
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ class StandardFiltersTest < Minitest::Test
     assert_equal ['A?Z'], @filters.split('A?Z', '~')
     # Regexp works although Liquid does not support.
     assert_equal ['A','Z'], @filters.split('AxZ', /x/)
+    assert_equal [], @filters.split(nil, ' ')
   end
 
   def test_escape