diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py
index d19e3e7dae2..ba5f72f0f62 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/ir/ir_ui_view.py
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ class view(osv.osv):
                             separator = child.get('separator', ',')
                             if separator == ' ':
                                 separator = None    # squash spaces
-                            to_add = map(str.strip, child.get('add', '').split(separator))
+                            to_add = filter(bool, map(str.strip, child.get('add', '').split(separator)))
                             to_remove = map(str.strip, child.get('remove', '').split(separator))
                             values = map(str.strip, node.get(attribute, '').split(separator))
                             value = (separator or ' ').join(filter(lambda s: s not in to_remove, values) + to_add)
diff --git a/openerp/addons/base/tests/test_views.py b/openerp/addons/base/tests/test_views.py
index 57a491fc20f..c0358c29189 100644
--- a/openerp/addons/base/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/openerp/addons/base/tests/test_views.py
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ class test_views(ViewCase):
                     <attribute name="thing">bob tata lolo</attribute>
                     <attribute name="thing" add="bibi and co" remove="tata" separator=" " />
                     <attribute name="otherthing">bob, tata,lolo</attribute>
-                    <attribute name="otherthing" add="bibi" remove="tata, bob"/>
+                    <attribute name="otherthing" remove="tata, bob"/>
                 </footer>
             """
         })
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ class test_views(ViewCase):
                 E.p("Replacement data"),
                 E.footer(
                     E.button(name="action_next", type="object", string="New button"),
-                    thing="bob lolo bibi and co", otherthing="lolo,bibi"
+                    thing="bob lolo bibi and co", otherthing="lolo"
                 ),
                 string="Replacement title", version="7.0"))