diff --git a/clientv3/client.go b/clientv3/client.go
index 3139a047efa..5dd35720a78 100644
--- a/clientv3/client.go
+++ b/clientv3/client.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package clientv3
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -25,6 +26,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/transport"
 )
 
+var (
+	ErrNoAvailableEndpoints = errors.New("etcdclient: no available endpoints")
+)
+
 // Client provides and manages an etcd v3 client session.
 type Client struct {
 	// KV is the keyvalue API for the client's connection.
@@ -182,6 +187,10 @@ func (c *Client) retryConnection(oldConn *grpc.ClientConn, err error) (*grpc.Cli
 // connection is established.
 func dialEndpointList(c *Client) (*grpc.ClientConn, error) {
 	var err error
+	if len(c.Endpoints()) == 0 {
+		return nil, ErrNoAvailableEndpoints
+	}
+
 	for _, ep := range c.Endpoints() {
 		conn, curErr := c.Dial(ep)
 		if curErr != nil {