diff --git a/src/shapes/object.class.js b/src/shapes/object.class.js
index a12df6e9183..ba245627606 100644
--- a/src/shapes/object.class.js
+++ b/src/shapes/object.class.js
@@ -1375,7 +1375,7 @@
      * @param {Function} alternative function to call if browser does not support lineDash
      */
     _setLineDash: function(ctx, dashArray, alternative) {
-      if (!dashArray) {
+      if (!dashArray || dashArray.length === 0) {
         return;
       }
       // Spec requires the concatenation of two copies the dash list when the number of elements is odd
diff --git a/test/unit/object.js b/test/unit/object.js
index af8b48038a0..6d24fa0de7b 100644
--- a/test/unit/object.js
+++ b/test/unit/object.js
@@ -531,6 +531,10 @@
     assert.equal(object.strokeDashArray.length, 3, 'strokeDash array is odd');
     object._setLineDash(canvas.contextContainer, object.strokeDashArray, null);
     assert.equal(object.strokeDashArray.length, 6, 'strokeDash array now is even');
+
+    assert.equal(canvas.contextContainer.getLineDash().length, 6, 'object pushed line dash to canvas');
+    object._setLineDash(canvas.contextContainer, [], null);
+    assert.equal(canvas.contextContainer.getLineDash().length, 6, 'bailed immediately as array empty');
   });
 
   QUnit.test('straighten', function(assert) {