diff --git a/libs/main/tests/documentstructuretest.cpp b/libs/main/tests/documentstructuretest.cpp
--- a/libs/main/tests/documentstructuretest.cpp
+++ b/libs/main/tests/documentstructuretest.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     KoDocumentInfo *documentInfo = loadDocumentInfo(odt);
     QVERIFY(documentInfo);
     QString keyword = documentInfo->aboutInfo("keyword");
-    QStringList keywords = keyword.split(", ");
+    QStringList keywords = keyword.split(";");
     QVERIFY(keywords.count() == 3);
     QCOMPARE(keywords[0], QString("First keyword"));
     QCOMPARE(keywords[1], QString("Second keyword"));
diff --git a/libs/odf/KoDocumentInfo.h b/libs/odf/KoDocumentInfo.h
--- a/libs/odf/KoDocumentInfo.h
+++ b/libs/odf/KoDocumentInfo.h
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@
     QMap<QString, QString> m_aboutInfo;
     /** The original meta:generator of the document */
     QString m_generator;
+    const QString m_keywordSeparator = QStringLiteral(";");
 
 Q_SIGNALS:
     void infoUpdated(const QString &info, const QString &data);
diff --git a/libs/odf/KoDocumentInfo.cpp b/libs/odf/KoDocumentInfo.cpp
--- a/libs/odf/KoDocumentInfo.cpp
+++ b/libs/odf/KoDocumentInfo.cpp
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
     foreach(const QString &tag, m_aboutTags) {
         if (!aboutInfo(tag).isEmpty() || tag == "title") {
             if (tag == "keyword") {
-                foreach(const QString & tmp, aboutInfo("keyword").split(';')) {
+                foreach(const QString & tmp, aboutInfo("keyword").split(m_keywordSeparator)) {
                     xmlWriter.startElement("meta:keyword");
                     xmlWriter.addTextNode(tmp);
                     xmlWriter.endElement();
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@
     }
 
     if (keywords.count() > 0) {
-        setAboutInfo("keyword", keywords.join(", "));
+        setAboutInfo("keyword", keywords.join(m_keywordSeparator));
     }
 
     return true;