diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/shortcut.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/shortcut.pm
index 5693ee782..1840a5722 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/shortcut.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/shortcut.pm
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ sub getsetup () {
 }
 
 sub checkconfig () {
-	if (defined $config{srcdir}) {
+	if (defined $config{srcdir} && length $config{srcdir}) {
 		# Preprocess the shortcuts page to get all the available shortcuts
 		# defined before other pages are rendered.
 		my $srcfile=srcfile("shortcuts.".$config{default_pageext}, 1);