diff --git a/snapshot.go b/snapshot.go
index 61cb62b..d475e7b 100644
--- a/snapshot.go
+++ b/snapshot.go
@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@ func (c *Collection) WriteTo(dst io.Writer) (int64, error) {
 	c.lock.Lock()
 	defer c.lock.Unlock()
 
-	// Check if there's any data to write
-	if c.fill.Count() == 0 {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("column: unable to write an empty collection")
-	}
-
 	// Create a writer, encoder and a reusable buffer
 	encoder := c.codec.EncoderFor(dst)
 	writer := iostream.NewWriter(c.codec.EncoderFor(dst))
diff --git a/snapshot_test.go b/snapshot_test.go
index da5e17a..73283be 100644
--- a/snapshot_test.go
+++ b/snapshot_test.go
@@ -225,11 +225,23 @@ func TestWriteToFailures(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestWriteToEmpty(t *testing.T) {
-	input := NewCollection()
-	input.CreateColumn("name", ForString())
-	_, err := input.WriteTo(bytes.NewBuffer(nil))
-	assert.Error(t, err)
+func TestWriteEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	buffer := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+
+	{ // Write the collection
+		input := NewCollection()
+		input.CreateColumn("name", ForString())
+		_, err := input.WriteTo(buffer)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+	}
+
+	{ // Read the collection back
+		output := NewCollection()
+		output.CreateColumn("name", ForString())
+		_, err := output.ReadFrom(buffer)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, 0, output.Count())
+	}
 }
 
 func TestReadFromFailures(t *testing.T) {