diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/TextDocument.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/TextDocument.cpp
index d7753c5808..2aa1cd8cb7 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/TextDocument.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/TextDocument.cpp
@@ -141,6 +141,18 @@ bool TextDocumentLine::ends_in_whitespace() const
     return isspace(code_points()[length() - 1]);
 }
 
+bool TextDocumentLine::can_select() const
+{
+    if (is_empty())
+        return false;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < length(); ++i) {
+        auto code_point = code_points()[i];
+        if (code_point != '\n' && code_point != '\r' && code_point != '\f' && code_point != '\v')
+            return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
 size_t TextDocumentLine::leading_spaces() const
 {
     size_t count = 0;
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/TextDocument.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/TextDocument.h
index 8affc92d81..50db31d5bf 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/TextDocument.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/TextDocument.h
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ public:
     size_t first_non_whitespace_column() const;
     Optional<size_t> last_non_whitespace_column() const;
     bool ends_in_whitespace() const;
+    bool can_select() const;
     bool is_empty() const { return length() == 0; }
     size_t leading_spaces() const;
 
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/TextEditor.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/TextEditor.cpp
index ea5cddef47..1bd2bd5bcd 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/TextEditor.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/TextEditor.cpp
@@ -228,6 +228,9 @@ void TextEditor::doubleclick_event(MouseEvent& event)
     if (is_displayonly())
         return;
 
+    if (!current_line().can_select())
+        return;
+
     // NOTE: This ensures that spans are updated before we look at them.
     flush_pending_change_notification_if_needed();