diff --git a/tests/test-archive b/tests/test-archive
--- a/tests/test-archive
+++ b/tests/test-archive
@@ -67,3 +67,9 @@ hg archive -r 0 -t tar rev-%r.tar
 if [ -f rev-0.tar ]; then
     echo 'rev-0.tar created'
 fi
+
+echo '% empty repo'
+hg init ../empty
+cd ../empty
+hg archive ../test-empty
+exit 0