diff --git a/src/readBuffer.js b/src/readBuffer.js
index d6936e9..44475d6 100644
--- a/src/readBuffer.js
+++ b/src/readBuffer.js
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 export default function readBuffer(pipe, length, callback) {
+  if (length === 0) {
+    callback(null, new Buffer(0));
+    return;
+  }
   let remainingLength = length;
   const buffers = [];
   const readChunk = () => {