diff --git a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/MavenUtil.java b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/MavenUtil.java
index d4d2df0a668ad45faa3f7f864004bb7f6cd41ed6..b922761d462a7b1a1f8be82324a1186610994181 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/MavenUtil.java
+++ b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/hudson/maven/MavenUtil.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 package hudson.maven;
 
 import hudson.AbortException;
+import hudson.Util;
 import hudson.model.BuildListener;
 import hudson.model.TaskListener;
 import hudson.model.AbstractProject;
@@ -166,21 +167,23 @@ public class MavenUtil {
         List<MavenProject> modules = new ArrayList<MavenProject>();
 
         for (String modulePath : (List<String>) project.getModules()) {
-            File moduleFile = new File(basedir, modulePath);
-            if (moduleFile.exists() && moduleFile.isDirectory()) {
-                moduleFile = new File(basedir, modulePath + "/pom.xml");
-            }
-            if(!moduleFile.exists())
-                throw new AbortException(moduleFile+" is referenced from "+project.getFile()+" but it doesn't exist");
-
-            String relativePath = rel;
-            if(relativePath.length()>0) relativePath+='/';
-            relativePath+=modulePath;
-
-            MavenProject child = embedder.readProject(moduleFile);
-            resolveModules(embedder,child,relativePath,relativePathInfo,listener);
-            modules.add(child);
-        }
+	    if (Util.fixEmptyAndTrim(modulePath)!=null) {
+		File moduleFile = new File(basedir, modulePath);
+		if (moduleFile.exists() && moduleFile.isDirectory()) {
+		    moduleFile = new File(basedir, modulePath + "/pom.xml");
+		}
+		if(!moduleFile.exists())
+		    throw new AbortException(moduleFile+" is referenced from "+project.getFile()+" but it doesn't exist");
+		
+		String relativePath = rel;
+		if(relativePath.length()>0) relativePath+='/';
+		relativePath+=modulePath;
+		
+		MavenProject child = embedder.readProject(moduleFile);
+		resolveModules(embedder,child,relativePath,relativePathInfo,listener);
+		modules.add(child);
+	    }
+	}
 
         project.setCollectedProjects(modules);
     }
diff --git a/test/src/test/java/hudson/maven/MavenEmptyModuleTest.java b/test/src/test/java/hudson/maven/MavenEmptyModuleTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dab602bb9c5fc53d1f32c5a1ad515486b7bc37c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/src/test/java/hudson/maven/MavenEmptyModuleTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package hudson.maven;
+
+import org.jvnet.hudson.test.HudsonTestCase;
+import org.jvnet.hudson.test.Bug;
+import org.jvnet.hudson.test.ExtractResourceSCM;
+
+
+import hudson.Launcher;
+import hudson.model.BuildListener;
+import hudson.model.Result;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * @author Andrew Bayer
+ */
+public class MavenEmptyModuleTest extends HudsonTestCase {
+    /**
+     * Verify that a build will work with a module <module></module> and a module <module> </module>
+     */
+    @Bug(4442)
+    public void testEmptyModuleParsesAndBuilds() throws Exception {
+        configureDefaultMaven();
+        MavenModuleSet m = createMavenProject();
+        m.getReporters().add(new TestReporter());
+        m.setScm(new ExtractResourceSCM(getClass().getResource("maven-empty-mod.zip")));
+        assertBuildStatusSuccess(m.scheduleBuild2(0).get());
+    }
+    
+    private static class TestReporter extends MavenReporter {
+        @Override
+        public boolean end(MavenBuild build, Launcher launcher, BuildListener listener) throws InterruptedException, IOException {
+            assertNotNull(build.getProject().getWorkspace());
+            assertNotNull(build.getWorkspace());
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+}
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