diff --git a/src/rtext.c b/src/rtext.c
index aba276aa2..fc78b6932 100644
--- a/src/rtext.c
+++ b/src/rtext.c
@@ -1345,7 +1345,7 @@ Rectangle GetGlyphAtlasRec(Font font, int codepoint)
 unsigned int TextLength(const char *text)
 {
     // use strlen since it uses vector operations
-    return strlen(text);
+    return text ? strlen(text) : 0;
 }
 
 // Formatting of text with variables to 'embed'