diff --git a/tests/test-archive b/tests/test-archive
--- a/tests/test-archive
+++ b/tests/test-archive
@@ -63,3 +63,9 @@ hg archive -t zip -r 2 test.zip
 unzip -t test.zip
 
 hg archive -t tar - | tar tf - | sed "s/$QTIP/TIP/"
+
+echo '% empty repo'
+hg init ../empty
+cd ../empty
+hg archive ../test-empty
+exit 0
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