diff --git a/packages/slate/src/commands/at-range.js b/packages/slate/src/commands/at-range.js
index 574e2c8da..ed2b598b1 100644
--- a/packages/slate/src/commands/at-range.js
+++ b/packages/slate/src/commands/at-range.js
@@ -455,7 +455,8 @@ Commands.deleteWordForwardAtRange = (change, range) => {
   const offset = startBlock.getOffset(start.key)
   const o = offset + start.offset
   const { text } = startBlock
-  const n = TextUtils.getWordOffsetForward(text, o)
+  const wordOffset = TextUtils.getWordOffsetForward(text, o)
+  const n = wordOffset === 0 ? 1 : wordOffset
   change.deleteForwardAtRange(range, n)
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/slate/test/commands/at-current-range/delete-word-forward/join-blocks.js b/packages/slate/test/commands/at-current-range/delete-word-forward/join-blocks.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2651be7fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/slate/test/commands/at-current-range/delete-word-forward/join-blocks.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/** @jsx h */
+
+import h from '../../../helpers/h'
+
+export default function(change) {
+  change.deleteWordForward()
+}
+
+export const input = (
+  <value>
+    <document>
+      <paragraph>
+        word<cursor />
+      </paragraph>
+      <paragraph>another</paragraph>
+    </document>
+  </value>
+)
+
+export const output = (
+  <value>
+    <document>
+      <paragraph>
+        word<cursor />another
+      </paragraph>
+    </document>
+  </value>
+)