diff --git a/test/gleam/string_test.gleam b/test/gleam/string_test.gleam
index ec4c0880..05e7a811 100644
--- a/test/gleam/string_test.gleam
+++ b/test/gleam/string_test.gleam
@@ -92,11 +92,33 @@ pub fn split_once_empty_test() {
   assert string.split_once("", ",") == Error(Nil)
 }
 
+// An empty pattern matches the zero-width gap at the start.
+pub fn split_once_empty_pattern_test() {
+  assert string.split_once("Gleam", "") == Ok(#("", "Gleam"))
+}
+
+pub fn split_once_empty_pattern_empty_string_test() {
+  assert string.split_once("", "") == Ok(#("", ""))
+}
+
 pub fn replace_test() {
   assert string.replace("Gleam,Erlang,Elixir", ",", "++")
     == "Gleam++Erlang++Elixir"
 }
 
+// An empty pattern matches the gap around every grapheme.
+pub fn replace_empty_pattern_test() {
+  assert string.replace("ab", "", "-") == "-a-b-"
+}
+
+pub fn replace_empty_pattern_empty_string_test() {
+  assert string.replace("", "", "-") == "-"
+}
+
+pub fn replace_empty_pattern_grapheme_test() {
+  assert string.replace("👩‍👩‍👦‍👦x", "", "-") == "-👩‍👩‍👦‍👦-x-"
+}
+
 pub fn append_test() {
   assert string.append("Test", " Me") == "Test Me"
 }
diff --git a/test/gleam/string_tree_test.gleam b/test/gleam/string_tree_test.gleam
index 668c5225..c3966a19 100644
--- a/test/gleam/string_tree_test.gleam
+++ b/test/gleam/string_tree_test.gleam
@@ -121,6 +121,35 @@ pub fn split_multi_string_test() {
     ]
 }
 
+// An empty pattern splits between every grapheme.
+pub fn split_empty_pattern_test() {
+  assert "abc"
+    |> string_tree.from_string
+    |> string_tree.split("")
+    == [
+      string_tree.from_string("a"),
+      string_tree.from_string("b"),
+      string_tree.from_string("c"),
+    ]
+}
+
+// An empty pattern substitutes around every grapheme.
+pub fn replace_empty_pattern_test() {
+  assert "ab"
+    |> string_tree.from_string
+    |> string_tree.replace(each: "", with: "-")
+    |> string_tree.to_string
+    == "-a-b-"
+}
+
+pub fn replace_empty_pattern_empty_string_test() {
+  assert ""
+    |> string_tree.from_string
+    |> string_tree.replace(each: "", with: "-")
+    |> string_tree.to_string
+    == "-"
+}
+
 pub fn is_equal_different_structure_test() {
   assert string_tree.is_equal(
     string_tree.from_string("12"),