diff --git a/src/win/tty.c b/src/win/tty.c
index 18d68d09433..1e397b44d8b 100644
--- a/src/win/tty.c
+++ b/src/win/tty.c
@@ -1650,7 +1650,7 @@ static int uv_tty_write_bufs(uv_tty_t* handle,
     uv_buf_t buf = bufs[i];
     unsigned int j;
 
-  if (uv__vterm_state == UV_SUPPORTED) {
+  if (uv__vterm_state == UV_SUPPORTED && buf.len > 0) {
     utf16_buf_used = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8,
                                          0,
                                          buf.base,
diff --git a/test/test-list.h b/test/test-list.h
index 08886a6f4a5..6ddd5ff276b 100644
--- a/test/test-list.h
+++ b/test/test-list.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ TEST_DECLARE   (semaphore_3)
 TEST_DECLARE   (tty)
 #ifdef _WIN32
 TEST_DECLARE   (tty_raw)
+TEST_DECLARE   (tty_empty_write)
 #endif
 TEST_DECLARE   (tty_file)
 TEST_DECLARE   (tty_pty)
@@ -404,6 +405,7 @@ TASK_LIST_START
   TEST_ENTRY  (tty)
 #ifdef _WIN32
   TEST_ENTRY  (tty_raw)
+  TEST_ENTRY  (tty_empty_write)
 #endif
   TEST_ENTRY  (tty_file)
   TEST_ENTRY  (tty_pty)
diff --git a/test/test-tty.c b/test/test-tty.c
index d03f07a4418..68a03cd1f23 100644
--- a/test/test-tty.c
+++ b/test/test-tty.c
@@ -212,6 +212,48 @@ TEST_IMPL(tty_raw) {
   MAKE_VALGRIND_HAPPY();
   return 0;
 }
+
+TEST_IMPL(tty_empty_write) {
+  int r;
+  int ttyout_fd;
+  uv_tty_t tty_out;
+  uv_loop_t* loop = uv_default_loop();
+
+  /* Make sure we have an FD that refers to a tty */
+  HANDLE handle;
+
+  handle = CreateFileA("conout$",
+                       GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE,
+                       FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
+                       NULL,
+                       OPEN_EXISTING,
+                       FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
+                       NULL);
+  ASSERT(handle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE);
+  ttyout_fd = _open_osfhandle((intptr_t) handle, 0);
+
+  ASSERT(ttyout_fd >= 0);
+
+  ASSERT(UV_TTY == uv_guess_handle(ttyout_fd));
+
+  r = uv_tty_init(uv_default_loop(), &tty_out, ttyout_fd, 0);  /* Writable. */
+  ASSERT(r == 0);
+
+  char dummy[1];
+  uv_buf_t bufs[1];
+  bufs[0].len = 0;
+  bufs[0].base = &dummy;
+
+  r = uv_try_write((uv_stream_t*) &tty_out, bufs, 1);
+  ASSERT(r == 0);
+
+  uv_close((uv_handle_t*) &tty_out, NULL);
+
+  uv_run(loop, UV_RUN_DEFAULT);
+
+  MAKE_VALGRIND_HAPPY();
+  return 0;
+}
 #endif