diff --git a/apps/app_queue.c b/apps/app_queue.c
index 374f4e9451..e7d21be7ac 100644
--- a/apps/app_queue.c
+++ b/apps/app_queue.c
@@ -4404,6 +4404,11 @@ static int reload_queues(void)
 						struct member tmpmem;
 						membername = NULL;
 
+						if (ast_strlen_zero(var->value)) {
+							ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Empty queue member definition at line %d. Moving on!\n", var->lineno);
+							continue;
+						}
+
 						/* Add a new member */
 						ast_copy_string(parse, var->value, sizeof(parse));