diff --git a/e2e/ls_test.go b/e2e/ls_test.go
index 203b1cac9..4c60bb96f 100644
--- a/e2e/ls_test.go
+++ b/e2e/ls_test.go
@@ -786,3 +786,20 @@ func TestListNestedLocalFolders(t *testing.T) {
 		2: match(filepath.ToSlash("file.txt")),
 	}, trimMatch(dateRe), alignment(true))
 }
+
+// ls empty bucket
+func TestEmptyBucket(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	s3client, s5cmd := setup(t)
+
+	bucket := s3BucketFromTestName(t)
+	createBucket(t, s3client, bucket)
+
+	cmd := s5cmd("ls", "s3://"+bucket)
+	result := icmd.RunCmd(cmd)
+
+	result.Assert(t, icmd.Success)
+
+	assertLines(t, result.Stdout(), map[int]compareFunc{}, alignment(true))
+}
diff --git a/storage/s3.go b/storage/s3.go
index f6ebcffd3..22546b61f 100644
--- a/storage/s3.go
+++ b/storage/s3.go
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ func (s *S3) listObjectVersions(ctx context.Context, url *url.URL) <-chan *Objec
 			return
 		}
 
-		if !objectFound {
+		if !objectFound && !url.IsBucket() {
 			objCh <- &Object{Err: ErrNoObjectFound}
 		}
 	}()
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ func (s *S3) listObjectsV2(ctx context.Context, url *url.URL) <-chan *Object {
 			return
 		}
 
-		if !objectFound {
+		if !objectFound && !url.IsBucket() {
 			objCh <- &Object{Err: ErrNoObjectFound}
 		}
 	}()
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ func (s *S3) listObjects(ctx context.Context, url *url.URL) <-chan *Object {
 			return
 		}
 
-		if !objectFound {
+		if !objectFound && !url.IsBucket() {
 			objCh <- &Object{Err: ErrNoObjectFound}
 		}
 	}()