diff --git a/src/ffi/luau/compat.rs b/src/ffi/luau/compat.rs
index 117d1d5..c718214 100644
--- a/src/ffi/luau/compat.rs
+++ b/src/ffi/luau/compat.rs
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ pub unsafe fn luaL_loadbufferx(
         fn free(p: *mut c_void);
     }
 
-    let chunk_is_text = (*data as u8) >= b'\n';
+    let chunk_is_text = size == 0 || (*data as u8) >= b'\n';
     if !mode.is_null() {
         let modeb = CStr::from_ptr(mode).to_bytes();
         if !chunk_is_text && !modeb.contains(&b'b') {
diff --git a/tests/tests.rs b/tests/tests.rs
index d7a5d65..59fb28f 100644
--- a/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/tests/tests.rs
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ fn test_load() -> Result<()> {
     let result: i32 = func.call(())?;
     assert_eq!(result, 3);
 
+    assert!(lua.load("").exec().is_ok());
     assert!(lua.load("§$%§&$%&").exec().is_err());
 
     Ok(())