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 bd230fab1..59f1fb4bb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/querydsl/binding/QuerydslPredicateBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/querydsl/binding/QuerydslPredicateBuilder.java
@@ -226,6 +226,6 @@ 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 48ad47fc4..75cabe342 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/querydsl/binding/QuerydslPredicateBuilderUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/querydsl/binding/QuerydslPredicateBuilderUnitTests.java
@@ -218,4 +218,21 @@ public class QuerydslPredicateBuilderUnitTests {
 
 		assertThat(predicate, is((Predicate) $.user.as(QSpecialUser.class).specialProperty.contains("VALUE")));
 	}
+
+	@Test // DATACMNS-1443
+	public void doesNotDropValuesContainingABlank() {
+
+		values.add("firstname", " ");
+
+		assertThat(builder.getPredicate(USER_TYPE, values, DEFAULT_BINDINGS), //
+				is((Predicate) QUser.user.firstname.eq(" ")));
+	}
+
+	@Test // DATACMNS-1443
+	public void dropsValuesContainingAnEmptyString() {
+
+		values.add("firstname", "");
+
+		assertThat(builder.getPredicate(USER_TYPE, values, DEFAULT_BINDINGS), is(nullValue()));
+	}
 }