diff --git a/src/microdot/microdot.py b/src/microdot/microdot.py
index eb1d8d0..870ef11 100644
--- a/src/microdot/microdot.py
+++ b/src/microdot/microdot.py
@@ -366,8 +366,8 @@ class Request:
             self.content_type = self.headers['Content-Type']
         if 'Cookie' in self.headers:
             for cookie in self.headers['Cookie'].split(';'):
-                name, value = cookie.strip().split('=', 1)
-                self.cookies[name] = value
+                c = cookie.strip().split('=', 1)
+                self.cookies[c[0]] = c[1] if len(c) > 1 else ''
 
         self._body = body
         self.body_used = False
diff --git a/tests/test_request.py b/tests/test_request.py
index f9a7b59..d4e2b7e 100644
--- a/tests/test_request.py
+++ b/tests/test_request.py
@@ -35,16 +35,17 @@ class TestRequest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_headers(self):
         fd = get_async_request_fd('GET', '/foo', headers={
             'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-            'Cookie': 'foo=bar;abc=def',
+            'Cookie': 'foo=bar;nothing;abc=def;',
             'Content-Length': '3'}, body='aaa')
         req = self._run(Request.create('app', fd, 'writer', 'addr'))
         self.assertEqual(req.headers, {
             'Host': 'example.com:1234',
             'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-            'Cookie': 'foo=bar;abc=def',
+            'Cookie': 'foo=bar;nothing;abc=def;',
             'Content-Length': '3'})
         self.assertEqual(req.content_type, 'application/json')
-        self.assertEqual(req.cookies, {'foo': 'bar', 'abc': 'def'})
+        self.assertEqual(req.cookies, {'foo': 'bar', 'nothing': '',
+                                       'abc': 'def', '': ''})
         self.assertEqual(req.content_length, 3)
         self.assertEqual(req.body, b'aaa')