diff --git a/http/jetty/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/http/jetty/internal/JettyConfig.java b/http/jetty/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/http/jetty/internal/JettyConfig.java
index 6bec280..a6ec0f0 100644
--- a/http/jetty/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/http/jetty/internal/JettyConfig.java
+++ b/http/jetty/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/http/jetty/internal/JettyConfig.java
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@
             final String stringVal = ((String) value).trim();
             if (stringVal.length() > 0)
             {
-                return new String[] { stringVal };
+                return stringVal.split(",");
             }
         }
         else if (value instanceof String[])
diff --git a/http/jetty/src/test/java/org/apache/felix/http/jetty/internal/JettyConfigTest.java b/http/jetty/src/test/java/org/apache/felix/http/jetty/internal/JettyConfigTest.java
index 6b394b7..0d5cf9b 100644
--- a/http/jetty/src/test/java/org/apache/felix/http/jetty/internal/JettyConfigTest.java
+++ b/http/jetty/src/test/java/org/apache/felix/http/jetty/internal/JettyConfigTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import static org.easymock.EasyMock.createNiceMock;
 import static org.easymock.EasyMock.replay;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
 
 import java.util.Hashtable;
 
@@ -113,6 +114,15 @@
         assertTrue(this.config.getHttpsPort() == port);
     }
 
+    public void testParseStringArrayProperty() {
+        Hashtable<String, Object> props = new Hashtable<>();
+        props.put("org.apache.felix.https.jetty.ciphersuites.excluded",
+                  "TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256,TLS_ECDH_anon_WITH_RC4_128_SHA");
+        this.config.update(props);
+        String[] expecteds = {"TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA", "TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256", "TLS_ECDH_anon_WITH_RC4_128_SHA"};
+        assertArrayEquals(expecteds, this.config.getExcludedCipherSuites());
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void setUp()
     {
@@ -120,4 +130,4 @@
         replay(this.context);
         this.config = new JettyConfig(this.context);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}