diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index c70212b..7fde02b 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ export * from './types/Literalize';
 export * from './wrappers/withAssure';
 export * from './checks/isKeyOf';
 export * from './types/PickAny';
+export * from './types/Empty';
diff --git a/src/types/Empty.ts b/src/types/Empty.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3ab7bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/types/Empty.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/**
+ * the shape of an empty object
+ *
+ * usecase
+ * - the type `{}` unfortunately actually means "anything not null and not undefined" in typescript
+ * - this exposes a type that represents a literal Empty object
+ */
+export type Empty = Record<string, never>;