diff --git a/src/vcpkg-test/issue_body.cpp b/src/vcpkg-test/issue_body.cpp
index a68d33d928..686e93df66 100644
--- a/src/vcpkg-test/issue_body.cpp
+++ b/src/vcpkg-test/issue_body.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ TEST_CASE ("Testing append_log", "[github-issue-body]")
 TEST_CASE ("Testing append_log extra_size", "[github-issue-body]")
 {
     using namespace vcpkg;
+    {
+        std::string out;
+        append_logs({}, 500, out);
+        CHECK(out == "");
+    }
     {
         std::string out;
         std::vector<std::pair<Path, std::string>> logs{
diff --git a/src/vcpkg/commands.build.cpp b/src/vcpkg/commands.build.cpp
index 87a0d7e3f9..94ea38118a 100644
--- a/src/vcpkg/commands.build.cpp
+++ b/src/vcpkg/commands.build.cpp
@@ -1533,6 +1533,10 @@ namespace vcpkg
 
     void append_logs(std::vector<std::pair<Path, std::string>>&& logs, size_t max_size, std::string& out)
     {
+        if (logs.empty())
+        {
+            return;
+        }
         Util::sort(logs, [](const auto& left, const auto& right) { return left.second.size() < right.second.size(); });
         auto size_per_log = max_size / logs.size();
         size_t maximum = out.size();