diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f6c1142..cc99b57 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Released: -
             `Pico::setConfig()` after processing has started
 * [Changed] Default theme now highlights the current page and only lists pages
             with a title in the navigation
+* [Fixed] Support empty meta header
 ```
 
 ### Version 1.0.0-beta.2
diff --git a/lib/Pico.php b/lib/Pico.php
index 9f83674..76fed91 100644
--- a/lib/Pico.php
+++ b/lib/Pico.php
@@ -758,11 +758,11 @@ class Pico
     {
         $meta = array();
         $pattern = "/^(\/(\*)|---)[[:blank:]]*(?:\r)?\n"
-            . "(.*?)(?:\r)?\n(?(2)\*\/|---)[[:blank:]]*(?:(?:\r)?\n|$)/s";
-        if (preg_match($pattern, $rawContent, $rawMetaMatches)) {
+            . "(?:(.*?)(?:\r)?\n)?(?(2)\*\/|---)[[:blank:]]*(?:(?:\r)?\n|$)/s";
+        if (preg_match($pattern, $rawContent, $rawMetaMatches) && isset($rawMetaMatches[3])) {
             $yamlParser = new \Symfony\Component\Yaml\Parser();
             $meta = $yamlParser->parse($rawMetaMatches[3]);
-            $meta = array_change_key_case($meta, CASE_LOWER);
+            $meta = ($meta !== null) ? array_change_key_case($meta, CASE_LOWER) : array();
 
             foreach ($headers as $fieldId => $fieldName) {
                 $fieldName = strtolower($fieldName);
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ class Pico
     {
         // remove meta header
         $metaHeaderPattern = "/^(\/(\*)|---)[[:blank:]]*(?:\r)?\n"
-            . "(.*?)(?:\r)?\n(?(2)\*\/|---)[[:blank:]]*(?:(?:\r)?\n|$)/s";
+            . "(?:(.*?)(?:\r)?\n)?(?(2)\*\/|---)[[:blank:]]*(?:(?:\r)?\n|$)/s";
         $content = preg_replace($metaHeaderPattern, '', $rawContent, 1);
 
         // replace %site_title%