diff --git a/collector/test/ProcessSignalFormatterTest.cpp b/collector/test/ProcessSignalFormatterTest.cpp
index c95f91c9dc..d2a6548168 100644
--- a/collector/test/ProcessSignalFormatterTest.cpp
+++ b/collector/test/ProcessSignalFormatterTest.cpp
@@ -616,6 +616,54 @@ TEST(ProcessSignalFormatterTest, Rox3377ProcessLineageWithNoVPidTest) {
   CollectorStats::Reset();
 }
 
+TEST(ProcessSignalFormatterTest, EmptyArgument) {
+  std::unique_ptr<sinsp> inspector(new sinsp());
+
+  ProcessSignalFormatter processSignalFormatter(inspector.get());
+
+  auto tinfo = inspector->build_threadinfo();
+  tinfo->m_pid = 3;
+  tinfo->m_tid = 3;
+  tinfo->m_ptid = -1;
+  tinfo->m_vpid = 0;
+  tinfo->m_user.set_uid(42);
+  tinfo->m_container_id = "";
+  tinfo->m_exepath = "qwerty";
+
+  char* test = (char*)malloc(8192);
+  // Clobber the string
+  memset(test, 0xff, 8192);
+  // Setup invalid UTF-8 sequence
+  test[0] = 0xe2;
+  test[1] = 0xcf;
+  test[2] = 0xcf;
+  test[3] = 0xff;
+  test[4] = 0xff;
+  test[5] = 0xff;
+  test[6] = 0xff;
+  test[7] = 0xff;
+  test[8] = 0xff;
+  test[9] = 0xff;
+  test[10] = 0xff;
+
+  // Take only a subset without the null terminator
+  tinfo->set_args(test, 8192);
+
+  sinsp_evt* evt = new sinsp_evt();
+  scap_evt* s_evt = new scap_evt();
+
+  s_evt->type = PPME_SYSCALL_EXECVE_19_X;
+  evt->set_tinfo(tinfo.get());
+  evt->set_scap_evt(s_evt);
+
+  const auto* signal_msg = processSignalFormatter.ToProtoMessage(evt);
+  void* target = (void*)malloc(9000);
+  google::protobuf::uint8* ptr = (google::protobuf::uint8*)malloc(9000);
+  google::protobuf::io::EpsCopyOutputStream* stream = new google::protobuf::io::EpsCopyOutputStream(target, 9000, 1);
+
+  signal_msg->_InternalSerialize(ptr, stream);
+}
+
 }  // namespace
 
 }  // namespace collector