diff --git a/src/base/path.lua b/src/base/path.lua
index 02d919d0..28aa8b3f 100644
--- a/src/base/path.lua
+++ b/src/base/path.lua
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
 			return p
 		end
 
-		if not newext:findlast(".", true) then
+		if #newext > 0 and not newext:findlast(".", true) then
 			newext = "."..newext
 		end
 
diff --git a/tests/base/test_path.lua b/tests/base/test_path.lua
index 8c30ee6b..953dfd87 100755
--- a/tests/base/test_path.lua
+++ b/tests/base/test_path.lua
@@ -420,6 +420,10 @@
 	function suite.getabsolute_replaceExtensionWithoutExtension()
 			test.isequal("/nunit/framework/main.foo", path.replaceextension("/nunit/framework/main",".foo"))
 	end
+    
+    function suite.getabsolute_replaceExtensionWithEmptyString()
+			test.isequal("foo", path.replaceextension("foo.lua",""))
+	end