diff --git a/tests/playTests.sh b/tests/playTests.sh
index f19291a60..5a45247b3 100755
--- a/tests/playTests.sh
+++ b/tests/playTests.sh
@@ -390,6 +390,18 @@ println "\n===>  recursive mode test "
 # combination of -r with empty list of input file
 zstd -c -r < tmp > tmp.zst
 
+# combination of -r with empty folder
+mkdir -p tmpEmptyDir
+zstd -r tmpEmptyDir 2>tmplog2
+if [grep "aborting" tmplog2]; then
+  println "Should not abort on empty directory"
+  rm -rf tmplog2
+  rm -rf tmpEmptyDir
+  die
+fi
+rm -rf tmplog2
+rm -rf tmpEmptyDir
+
 
 println "\n===>  file removal"
 zstd -f --rm tmp