diff --git a/components/MarkdownTextBlock/src/MarkdownTextBlock.xaml.cs b/components/MarkdownTextBlock/src/MarkdownTextBlock.xaml.cs
index b3b984797..efba3cb4b 100644
--- a/components/MarkdownTextBlock/src/MarkdownTextBlock.xaml.cs
+++ b/components/MarkdownTextBlock/src/MarkdownTextBlock.xaml.cs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ private static void OnTextChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedE
     {
         if (d is MarkdownTextBlock self && e.NewValue != null)
         {
-            self.ApplyText(self.Text, true);
+            self.ApplyText(true);
         }
     }
 
@@ -87,16 +87,20 @@ private void ApplyConfig(MarkdownConfig config)
         }
     }
 
-    private void ApplyText(string text, bool rerender)
+    private void ApplyText(bool rerender)
     {
-        var markdown = Markdown.Parse(text, _pipeline);
         if (_renderer != null)
         {
             if (rerender)
             {
                 _renderer.ReloadDocument();
             }
-            _renderer.Render(markdown);
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Text))
+            {
+                var markdown = Markdown.Parse(Text, _pipeline);
+                _renderer.Render(markdown);
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -109,7 +113,7 @@ private void Build()
                 _renderer = new WinUIRenderer(_document, Config);
             }
             _pipeline.Setup(_renderer);
-            ApplyText(Text, false);
+            ApplyText(false);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/components/MarkdownTextBlock/tests/ExampleMarkdownTextBlockTestClass.cs b/components/MarkdownTextBlock/tests/ExampleMarkdownTextBlockTestClass.cs
index 19eef0a75..2c7db300d 100644
--- a/components/MarkdownTextBlock/tests/ExampleMarkdownTextBlockTestClass.cs
+++ b/components/MarkdownTextBlock/tests/ExampleMarkdownTextBlockTestClass.cs
@@ -131,4 +131,22 @@ public async Task ComplexAsyncLoadUIExampleWithoutDispatcherTest()
 
         Assert.IsFalse(component.IsLoaded);
     }
+
+    [UIThreadTestMethod]
+    public async Task MarkdownTextBlockEmptyTextValueTest()
+    {
+        var component = new MarkdownTextBlock
+        {
+            Config = new()
+        };
+
+        Assert.IsNotNull(component);
+        Assert.IsFalse(component.IsLoaded);
+
+        await LoadTestContentAsync(component);
+        Assert.IsTrue(component.IsLoaded);
+
+        await UnloadTestContentAsync(component);
+        Assert.IsFalse(component.IsLoaded);
+    }
 }