diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index ad265abde..ead71f0a4 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ pub fn parse(target_list: &TargetList) -> Args {
     {
         let mut args = env::args().skip(1);
         while let Some(arg) = args.next() {
+            if arg.is_empty() {
+                continue;
+            }
             if let ("+", ch) = arg.split_at(1) {
                 channel = Some(ch.to_string());
             } else if arg == "--target" {