diff --git a/src/Sema.zig b/src/Sema.zig
index 38d59f4f39..0fcc914596 100644
--- a/src/Sema.zig
+++ b/src/Sema.zig
@@ -12633,6 +12633,10 @@ fn zirEmbedFile(sema: *Sema, block: *Block, inst: Zir.Inst.Index) CompileError!A
     const operand_src: LazySrcLoc = .{ .node_offset_builtin_call_arg0 = inst_data.src_node };
     const name = try sema.resolveConstString(block, operand_src, inst_data.operand, "file path name must be comptime-known");
 
+    if (name.len == 0) {
+        return sema.fail(block, operand_src, "file path name cannot be empty", .{});
+    }
+
     const embed_file = mod.embedFile(block.getFileScope(mod), name) catch |err| switch (err) {
         error.ImportOutsidePkgPath => {
             return sema.fail(block, operand_src, "embed of file outside package path: '{s}'", .{name});
diff --git a/test/cases/compile_errors/@embedFile_with_empty_path.zig b/test/cases/compile_errors/@embedFile_with_empty_path.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..305e8a74cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cases/compile_errors/@embedFile_with_empty_path.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+const resource = @embedFile("");
+
+export fn entry() usize {
+    return @sizeOf(@TypeOf(resource));
+}
+
+// error
+// backend=stage2
+// target=native
+//
+// :1:29: error: file path name cannot be empty