diff --git a/lib/puppet/functions/split.rb b/lib/puppet/functions/split.rb
index e6e832184b7..943c3c53683 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/functions/split.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/functions/split.rb
@@ -35,6 +35,21 @@
     param 'Type[Regexp]', :pattern
   end
 
+  dispatch :split_String_sensitive do
+    param 'Sensitive[String]', :sensitive
+    param 'String', :pattern
+  end
+
+  dispatch :split_Regexp_sensitive do
+    param 'Sensitive[String]', :sensitive
+    param 'Regexp', :pattern
+  end
+
+  dispatch :split_RegexpType_sensitive do
+    param 'Sensitive[String]', :sensitive
+    param 'Type[Regexp]', :pattern
+  end
+
   def split_String(str, pattern)
     str.split(Regexp.compile(pattern))
   end
@@ -46,4 +61,16 @@ def split_Regexp(str, pattern)
   def split_RegexpType(str, pattern)
     str.split(pattern.regexp)
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+
+  def split_String_sensitive(sensitive, pattern)
+    Puppet::Pops::Types::PSensitiveType::Sensitive.new(split_String(sensitive.unwrap, pattern))
+  end
+
+  def split_Regexp_sensitive(sensitive, pattern)
+    Puppet::Pops::Types::PSensitiveType::Sensitive.new(split_Regexp(sensitive.unwrap, pattern))
+  end
+
+  def split_RegexpType_sensitive(sensitive, pattern)
+    Puppet::Pops::Types::PSensitiveType::Sensitive.new(split_RegexpType(sensitive.unwrap, pattern))
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/unit/functions/split_spec.rb b/spec/unit/functions/split_spec.rb
index aaf0581395e..8b30f9c20ef 100644
--- a/spec/unit/functions/split_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/functions/split_spec.rb
@@ -50,4 +50,10 @@ def split(*args)
   it 'should handle pattern in Regexp Type form with missing regular expression' do
     expect(split('ab',type_parser.parse('Regexp'))).to eql(['a', 'b'])
   end
+
+  it 'should handle sensitive String' do
+    expect(split(Puppet::Pops::Types::PSensitiveType::Sensitive.new('a,b'), ',')).to be_a(Puppet::Pops::Types::PSensitiveType::Sensitive)
+    expect(split(Puppet::Pops::Types::PSensitiveType::Sensitive.new('a,b'), /,/)).to be_a(Puppet::Pops::Types::PSensitiveType::Sensitive)
+    expect(split(Puppet::Pops::Types::PSensitiveType::Sensitive.new('a,b'), type_parser.parse('Regexp[/,/]'))).to be_a(Puppet::Pops::Types::PSensitiveType::Sensitive)
+  end
 end