diff --git a/java/c/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/c/RoundtripTest.java b/java/c/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/c/RoundtripTest.java
index 768394ef7ab60..a0ee5eecb152b 100644
--- a/java/c/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/c/RoundtripTest.java
+++ b/java/c/src/test/java/org/apache/arrow/c/RoundtripTest.java
@@ -524,6 +524,42 @@ public void testVarCharVector() {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testEmptyVarCharVector() {
+    try (final VarCharVector vector = new VarCharVector("v", allocator)) {
+      vector.allocateNewSafe();
+      vector.setValueCount(0);
+      assertTrue(roundtrip(vector, VarCharVector.class));
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testEmptyLargeVarCharVector() {
+    try (final LargeVarCharVector vector = new LargeVarCharVector("v", allocator)) {
+      vector.allocateNewSafe();
+      vector.setValueCount(0);
+      assertTrue(roundtrip(vector, LargeVarCharVector.class));
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testEmptyVarBinaryVector() {
+    try (final VarBinaryVector vector = new VarBinaryVector("v", allocator)) {
+      vector.allocateNewSafe();
+      vector.setValueCount(0);
+      assertTrue(roundtrip(vector, VarBinaryVector.class));
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testEmptyLargeVarBinaryVector() {
+    try (final LargeVarBinaryVector vector = new LargeVarBinaryVector("v", allocator)) {
+      vector.allocateNewSafe();
+      vector.setValueCount(0);
+      assertTrue(roundtrip(vector, LargeVarBinaryVector.class));
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testLargeVarBinaryVector() {
     try (final LargeVarBinaryVector vector = new LargeVarBinaryVector("", allocator)) {