diff --git a/clusterd b/clusterd
index 4c7a88a..5a0d3a7 100755
--- a/clusterd
+++ b/clusterd
@@ -384,6 +384,11 @@ sub push_file {
 	$st->type eq 'F' or die "$filename: not a plain file\n";
 	$st->size<=65536 or die "$filename: to big for broadcast (max 65536 bytes)\n";
 
+	if ($st->size==0) {
+		udp_broadcast_message($donald_s,'filedata',$st,0,'');
+		return;
+	}
+
 	my $fh=new IO::File $filename,'<' or return warn "$filename: $!\n";
 	my $i=0;
 	for (my $pos=0;$pos<$st->size;$pos+=1024) {