diff --git a/api-bucket-notification.go b/api-bucket-notification.go
index dc37b0c07..6c9b4deb0 100644
--- a/api-bucket-notification.go
+++ b/api-bucket-notification.go
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ func (c *Client) ListenBucketNotification(ctx context.Context, bucketName, prefi
 
 		// Prepare urlValues to pass into the request on every loop
 		urlValues := make(url.Values)
+		urlValues.Set("ping", "true")
 		urlValues.Set("prefix", prefix)
 		urlValues.Set("suffix", suffix)
 		urlValues["events"] = events
@@ -224,6 +225,12 @@ func (c *Client) ListenBucketNotification(ctx context.Context, bucketName, prefi
 					closeResponse(resp)
 					continue
 				}
+
+				// Empty events pinged from the server
+				if len(notificationInfo.Records) == 0 && notificationInfo.Err == nil {
+					continue
+				}
+
 				// Send notificationInfo
 				select {
 				case notificationInfoCh <- notificationInfo: