diff --git a/src/path_resolver.c b/src/path_resolver.c
index 8a73f03..e36ed1a 100644
--- a/src/path_resolver.c
+++ b/src/path_resolver.c
@@ -445,6 +445,11 @@ uvwasi_errno_t uvwasi__resolve_path(const uvwasi_t* uvwasi,
   normalized_parent = NULL;
   resolved_link_target = NULL;
 
+  if (input_len == 0) {
+    *resolved_path = NULL;
+    return UVWASI_ENOENT;
+  }
+
   if (uvwasi__is_absolute_path(input, input_len)) {
     *resolved_path = NULL;
     return UVWASI_ENOTCAPABLE;
diff --git a/test/test-filestat-set-times.c b/test/test-filestat-set-times.c
index ce779fc..8841300 100644
--- a/test/test-filestat-set-times.c
+++ b/test/test-filestat-set-times.c
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ int main(void) {
   assert(err == 0);
 
   /* Stat the file to get initial times. */
+  err = uvwasi_path_filestat_get(&uvwasi, 3, 0, path, 0, &stats2);
+  assert(err == UVWASI_ENOENT);
+
   err = uvwasi_fd_filestat_get(&uvwasi, fd, &stats);
   assert(err == 0);
   assert(stats.st_filetype == UVWASI_FILETYPE_REGULAR_FILE);