diff --git a/eventlet/greenio.py b/eventlet/greenio.py
index 794f64b..da9604e 100644
--- a/eventlet/greenio.py
+++ b/eventlet/greenio.py
@@ -537,6 +537,13 @@ class GreenSSL(GreenSocket):
         self.sock = self
 
     read = read
+    
+    def sendall(self, data):
+        # overriding sendall because ssl sockets behave badly when asked to 
+        # send empty strings; 'normal' sockets don't have a problem
+        if not data:
+            return
+        super(GreenSSL, self).sendall(data)
 
     def write(self, data):
         try:
diff --git a/greentest/wsgi_test.py b/greentest/wsgi_test.py
index 95c75ec..f06ebb7 100644
--- a/greentest/wsgi_test.py
+++ b/greentest/wsgi_test.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """\
-@file httpd_test.py
+@file wsgi_test.py
 @author Donovan Preston
 
 Copyright (c) 2007, Linden Research, Inc.
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def hello_world(env, start_response):
     if env['PATH_INFO'] == 'notexist':
         start_response('404 Not Found', [('Content-type', 'text/plain')])
         return ["not found"]
-        
+
     start_response('200 OK', [('Content-type', 'text/plain')])
     return ["hello world"]
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class TestHttpd(tests.TestCase):
     def test_001_server(self):
         sock = api.connect_tcp(
             ('127.0.0.1', 12346))
-        
+
         fd = sock.makeGreenFile()
         fd.write('GET / HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: localhost\r\n\r\n')
         result = fd.read()
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class TestHttpd(tests.TestCase):
     def test_002_keepalive(self):
         sock = api.connect_tcp(
             ('127.0.0.1', 12346))
-            
+
         fd = sock.makeGreenFile()
         fd.write('GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\n\r\n')
         read_http(sock)
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class TestHttpd(tests.TestCase):
         # This should go in greenio_test
         sock = api.connect_tcp(
             ('127.0.0.1', 12346))
-        
+
         fd = sock.makeGreenFile()
         fd.write('GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\n\r\n')
         cancel = api.exc_after(1, RuntimeError)
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ class TestHttpd(tests.TestCase):
         status = result.split(' ')[1]
         self.assertEqual(status, '414')
         fd.close()
-        
+
     def test_007_get_arg(self):
         # define a new handler that does a get_arg as well as a read_body
         def new_app(env, start_response):
@@ -201,24 +201,24 @@ class TestHttpd(tests.TestCase):
         sock = api.connect_tcp(
             ('127.0.0.1', 12346))
         request = '\r\n'.join((
-            'POST / HTTP/1.0', 
-            'Host: localhost', 
-            'Content-Length: 3', 
+            'POST / HTTP/1.0',
+            'Host: localhost',
+            'Content-Length: 3',
             '',
             'a=a'))
         fd = sock.makeGreenFile()
         fd.write(request)
-        
+
         # send some junk after the actual request
         fd.write('01234567890123456789')
         reqline, headers, body = read_http(sock)
         self.assertEqual(body, 'a is a, body is a=a')
         fd.close()
-        
+
     def test_008_correctresponse(self):
         sock = api.connect_tcp(
             ('127.0.0.1', 12346))
-        
+
         fd = sock.makeGreenFile()
         fd.write('GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\n\r\n')
         response_line_200,_,_ = read_http(sock)
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ class TestHttpd(tests.TestCase):
         self.site.application = chunked_app
         sock = api.connect_tcp(
             ('127.0.0.1', 12346))
-        
+
         fd = sock.makeGreenFile()
         fd.write('GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n')
         self.assert_('Transfer-Encoding: chunked' in fd.read())
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ class TestHttpd(tests.TestCase):
         self.site.application = chunked_app
         sock = api.connect_tcp(
             ('127.0.0.1', 12346))
-        
+
         fd = sock.makeGreenFile()
         fd.write('GET / HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: localhost\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n')
         self.assert_('Transfer-Encoding: chunked' not in fd.read())
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ class TestHttpd(tests.TestCase):
         self.site.application = big_chunks
         sock = api.connect_tcp(
             ('127.0.0.1', 12346))
-        
+
         fd = sock.makeGreenFile()
         fd.write('GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n')
         headers = fd.readuntil('\r\n\r\n')
@@ -274,16 +274,30 @@ class TestHttpd(tests.TestCase):
 
         certificate_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'test_server.crt')
         private_key_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'test_server.key')
-        
+
         sock = api.ssl_listener(('', 4201), certificate_file, private_key_file)
-    
+
         api.spawn(wsgi.server, sock, wsgi_app)
-    
+
         print "pre request"
         result = httpc.post("https://localhost:4201/foo", "abc")
         self.assertEquals(result, 'abc')
         print "post request"
 
+    def test_013_empty_return(self):
+        from eventlet import httpc
+        def wsgi_app(environ, start_response):
+            start_response("200 OK", [])
+            return [""]
+
+        certificate_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'test_server.crt')
+        private_key_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'test_server.key')
+        sock = api.ssl_listener(('', 4202), certificate_file, private_key_file)
+        api.spawn(wsgi.server, sock, wsgi_app)
+
+        res = httpc.get("https://localhost:4202/foo")
+        self.assertEquals(res, '')
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     tests.main()