diff --git a/lib/liquid/tags/cycle.rb b/lib/liquid/tags/cycle.rb
index 9b3f342..347426b 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/tags/cycle.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/tags/cycle.rb
@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@ module Liquid
         result 
       end
     end
-  
+
+    def blank?
+      false
+    end
+
     private
   
     def variables_from_string(markup)
diff --git a/test/liquid/blank_test.rb b/test/liquid/blank_test.rb
index aa0f6a7..bcc7999 100644
--- a/test/liquid/blank_test.rb
+++ b/test/liquid/blank_test.rb
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ class BlankTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_template_result(" 0"*2*(N+1), wrap("{% assign foo = 0 %} {% increment foo %} {% decrement foo %}"))
   end
 
+  def test_cycle_is_not_blank
+    assert_template_result("12"*((N+1)/2)+"1", wrap("{% cycle '1', '2' %}"))
+  end
+
   def test_raw_is_not_blank
     assert_template_result("  "*(N+1), wrap(" {% raw %} {% endraw %}"))
   end