diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 3a5df2d..a9a534e 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const entityRegex = new RegExp('&[a-z0-9#]+;', 'gi')
 // Element for setting innerHTML for transforming entities.
 let el = null;
 
-export function unescapeEntities(text, context) {
+export function unescapeEntities(text = '', context) {
     // Create the element using the context if it doesn't exist.
     if (!el) {
         el = context.createElement('div');
diff --git a/test/tests/strings_test.js b/test/tests/strings_test.js
index b9d783a..a743fce 100644
--- a/test/tests/strings_test.js
+++ b/test/tests/strings_test.js
@@ -159,4 +159,15 @@ describe("#virtualizeString", () => {
         const vnodes = virtualizeString("<span>foo</span> <span>bar</span>");
         expect(vnodes.length).to.equal(3)
     })
+
+    it("should handle attributes with empty value", () => {
+        const input = virtualizeString("<input readonly />");
+        expect(input).to.deep.equal(
+            h('input', {
+                attrs: {
+                    readonly: ''
+                }
+            })
+        );
+    });
 });