VERSION      | 2 +-
 doc/news.rst | 6 ++++++
 pyderasn.py  | 5 ++++-

diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index e5a82fc7481ec7a60e4263efa1960be7711fd0445d424ab6b9f5a0c13bf92abd..830b5eadf3204a77254c230c842e11980627b7721e13ce3b58dcbeb91e9b03af 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5.0
+5.1
diff --git a/doc/news.rst b/doc/news.rst
index 1b3719b0f4be81753e7dc6c3e732bba5da8fb57be61327def5d28ce67c62dd3d..9c775824a8b98667b16bd5dde9beb0a83f85152ff6a17ac18ae362d6a089680e 100644
--- a/doc/news.rst
+++ b/doc/news.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 News
 ====
 
+.. _release5.1:
+
+5.1
+---
+* Fix empty ``--oids`` workability
+
 .. _release5.0:
 
 5.0
diff --git a/pyderasn.py b/pyderasn.py
index 0f45414337c57343246cf7d301a23a4b6f4a46d2c91c75a1574e31ccc15e2ceb..760fb75680122e88ff240733530709a263ca8fe5a6c51ac4677fbcb46a9ed18e 100755
--- a/pyderasn.py
+++ b/pyderasn.py
@@ -5700,7 +5700,10 @@     args = parser.parse_args()
     args.DERFile.seek(args.skip)
     der = memoryview(args.DERFile.read())
     args.DERFile.close()
-    oid_maps = [obj_by_path(_path) for _path in (args.oids or "").split(",")]
+    oid_maps = (
+        [obj_by_path(_path) for _path in (args.oids or "").split(",")]
+        if args.oids else ()
+    )
     if args.schema:
         schema = obj_by_path(args.schema)
         from functools import partial