diff --git a/testsuite/gsk/compare/empty-mask.node b/testsuite/gsk/compare/empty-mask.node
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7b7e4dd10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/gsk/compare/empty-mask.node
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mask { }
diff --git a/testsuite/gsk/compare/empty-mask.png b/testsuite/gsk/compare/empty-mask.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eddaf9d38c
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diff --git a/testsuite/gsk/meson.build b/testsuite/gsk/meson.build
index 279991eb8c..3dbd75f9da 100644
--- a/testsuite/gsk/meson.build
+++ b/testsuite/gsk/meson.build
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ compare_render_tests = [
   'empty-inset-shadow',
 # this test fails for some of the backends
 # 'empty-linear-gradient',
+  'empty-mask',
   'empty-opacity',
   'empty-outset-shadow',
   'empty-repeat',
@@ -181,6 +182,8 @@ node_parser_tests = [
   'empty-inset-shadow.ref.node',
   'empty-linear-gradient.node',
   'empty-linear-gradient.ref.node',
+  'empty-mask.node',
+  'empty-mask.ref.node',
   'empty-opacity.node',
   'empty-opacity.ref.node',
   'empty-outset-shadow.node',
diff --git a/testsuite/gsk/nodeparser/empty-mask.node b/testsuite/gsk/nodeparser/empty-mask.node
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7b7e4dd10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/gsk/nodeparser/empty-mask.node
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mask { }
diff --git a/testsuite/gsk/nodeparser/empty-mask.ref.node b/testsuite/gsk/nodeparser/empty-mask.ref.node
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a4beb3bb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/gsk/nodeparser/empty-mask.ref.node
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+mask {
+  source: color {
+    bounds: 0 0 50 50;
+    color: rgb(255,0,204);
+  }
+  mask: color {
+    bounds: 0 0 50 50;
+    color: rgb(170,255,0);
+  }
+}