diff --git a/autotest/LoadProcFile/LoadProcFile.cpp b/autotest/LoadProcFile/LoadProcFile.cpp
index e196ab165..7bc3bc37f 100644
--- a/autotest/LoadProcFile/LoadProcFile.cpp
+++ b/autotest/LoadProcFile/LoadProcFile.cpp
@@ -8,4 +8,10 @@ CONSOLE_APP_MAIN
 	Cout() << s;
 	ASSERT(s.GetCount() > 0);
 	ASSERT(LoadFile("/proc/this_file_does_not_exist").IsVoid());
+	String path = GetHomeDirFile("empty_file");
+	SaveFile(path, String());
+	s = LoadFile(path);
+	DDUMP(s.GetCount());
+	ASSERT(!s.IsVoid() && s.GetCount() == 0);
+	DeleteFile(path);
 }
diff --git a/uppsrc/Core/Stream.cpp b/uppsrc/Core/Stream.cpp
index 9822eb435..3a30e602f 100644
--- a/uppsrc/Core/Stream.cpp
+++ b/uppsrc/Core/Stream.cpp
@@ -1227,7 +1227,7 @@ String LoadFile(const char *filename) {
 					s.SetCount(n + CHUNK);
 					int len = read(fd, ~s + n, CHUNK);
 					if(len != CHUNK) {
-						if(len > 0)
+						if(len >= 0)
 							s.SetCount(n + len);
 						return s;
 					}