diff --git a/src/raven.js b/src/raven.js
index 84b007afcb65..a509bf9b2e52 100644
--- a/src/raven.js
+++ b/src/raven.js
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ function extractContextFromFrame(frame) {
 function processException(type, message, fileurl, lineno, frames, options) {
     var stacktrace, i, fullMessage;
 
-    if (globalOptions.ignoreErrors.test(message)) return;
+    if (!!globalOptions.ignoreErrors.test && globalOptions.ignoreErrors.test(message)) return;
 
     message += '';
     message = truncate(message, globalOptions.maxMessageLength);
@@ -627,8 +627,8 @@ function processException(type, message, fileurl, lineno, frames, options) {
         };
     }
 
-    if (globalOptions.ignoreUrls && globalOptions.ignoreUrls.test(fileurl)) return;
-    if (globalOptions.whitelistUrls && !globalOptions.whitelistUrls.test(fileurl)) return;
+    if (!!globalOptions.ignoreUrls.test && globalOptions.ignoreUrls.test(fileurl)) return;
+    if (!!globalOptions.whitelistUrls.test && !globalOptions.whitelistUrls.test(fileurl)) return;
 
     // Fire away!
     send(
diff --git a/test/raven.test.js b/test/raven.test.js
index 499fb9e0ed7e..b5e91f8def4f 100644
--- a/test/raven.test.js
+++ b/test/raven.test.js
@@ -691,6 +691,14 @@ describe('globals', function() {
             assert.isTrue(window.send.calledOnce);
         });
 
+        it('should handle empty `ignoreErrors`', function() {
+            this.sinon.stub(window, 'send');
+
+            globalOptions.ignoreErrors = [];
+            processException('Error', 'e1', 'http://example.com', []);
+            assert.isTrue(window.send.calledOnce);
+        });
+
         it('should respect `ignoreUrls`', function() {
             this.sinon.stub(window, 'send');
 
@@ -703,6 +711,14 @@ describe('globals', function() {
             assert.isTrue(window.send.calledOnce);
         });
 
+        it('should handle empty `ignoreUrls`', function() {
+            this.sinon.stub(window, 'send');
+
+            globalOptions.ignoreUrls = [];
+            processException('Error', 'e1', 'http://example.com', []);
+            assert.isTrue(window.send.calledOnce);
+        });
+
         it('should respect `whitelistUrls`', function() {
             this.sinon.stub(window, 'send');
 
@@ -715,6 +731,14 @@ describe('globals', function() {
             assert.equal(window.send.callCount, 2);
         });
 
+        it('should handle empty `whitelistUrls`', function() {
+            this.sinon.stub(window, 'send');
+
+            globalOptions.whitelistUrls = [];
+            processException('Error', 'e1', 'http://example.com', []);
+            assert.isTrue(window.send.calledOnce);
+        });
+
         it('should send a proper payload with frames', function() {
             this.sinon.stub(window, 'send');