diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/io/FileUtilsListFilesTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/io/FileUtilsListFilesTest.java
index 926f67fa362..cee9b50def4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/io/FileUtilsListFilesTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/io/FileUtilsListFilesTest.java
@@ -212,6 +212,11 @@ public void testListFilesByExtension() {
         assertFalse(fileNames.contains("dummy-indexhtml"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testListFilesMissing() {
+        assertTrue(FileUtils.listFiles(new File(temporaryFolder, "dir/does/not/exist/at/all"), null, false).isEmpty());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testListFilesWithDeletion() throws IOException {
         final String[] extensions = {"xml", "txt"};