diff --git a/src/test_parser.ts b/src/test_parser.ts
index bc79e42..2829208 100644
--- a/src/test_parser.ts
+++ b/src/test_parser.ts
@@ -199,8 +199,21 @@ export async function parseTap(data: string): Promise<TestResult> {
 }
 
 async function parseJunitXml(xml: any): Promise<TestResult> {
+    const counts = {
+        passed: 0,
+        failed: 0,
+        skipped: 0
+    }
+    const suites: TestSuite[] = [ ]
+        
+    if (xml.testsuites === "" || xml.testsuite === "") {
+        return {
+            counts: counts,
+            suites: suites
+        }
+    }
+    
     let testsuites
-
     if (xml.testsuites) {
         testsuites = xml.testsuites.testsuite
     } else if (xml.testsuite) {
@@ -213,13 +226,6 @@ async function parseJunitXml(xml: any): Promise<TestResult> {
         throw new Error("expected array of testsuites")
     }
 
-    const suites: TestSuite[] = [ ]
-    const counts = {
-        passed: 0,
-        failed: 0,
-        skipped: 0
-    }
-
     for (const testsuite of testsuites) {
         const cases = [ ]
 
@@ -304,7 +310,7 @@ export async function parseFile(filename: string): Promise<TestResult> {
 
     const xml: any = await parser(data)
 
-    if (xml.testsuites || xml.testsuite) {
+    if (xml.testsuites || xml.testsuites === "" || xml.testsuite || xml.testsuite === "") {
         return await parseJunitXml(xml)
     }
 
diff --git a/test/junit.ts b/test/junit.ts
index 8680f54..ea3c7e7 100644
--- a/test/junit.ts
+++ b/test/junit.ts
@@ -87,4 +87,14 @@ describe("junit", async () => {
         expect(result.suites[0].cases[8].name).to.eql("skipsTestNine")
         expect(result.suites[0].cases[9].name).to.eql("skipsTestTen")
     })
+
+    it("parses empty", async () => {
+        const result = await parseJunitFile(`${resourcePath}/04-empty.xml`)
+
+        expect(result.counts.passed).to.eql(0)
+        expect(result.counts.failed).to.eql(0)
+        expect(result.counts.skipped).to.eql(0)
+
+        expect(result.suites.length).to.eql(0)
+    })
 })
diff --git a/test/resources/junit/04-empty.xml b/test/resources/junit/04-empty.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97178b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/resources/junit/04-empty.xml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<testsuites />
\ No newline at end of file