diff --git a/lib/src/index.js b/lib/src/index.js
index d6fe194b..7571fc67 100644
--- a/lib/src/index.js
+++ b/lib/src/index.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 var _ = require('lodash');
 var defaults = _.defaults;
 
+var duplex = require('duplexer2');
 var through = require('through2');
 var gs = require('glob-stream');
 var File = require('vinyl');
@@ -15,9 +16,16 @@ function createFile (globFile, enc, cb) {
 }
 
 function src(glob, opt) {
+  var pass = through.obj();
+
   if (!isValidGlob(glob)) {
     throw new Error('Invalid glob argument: ' + glob);
   }
+  // return dead stream if empty array
+  if (Array.isArray(glob) && glob.length === 0) {
+    process.nextTick(pass.end.bind(pass));
+    return pass;
+  }
 
   var options = defaults({}, opt, {
     read: true,
@@ -36,17 +44,15 @@ function src(glob, opt) {
       .pipe(getContents(options));
   }
 
-  return outputStream
-    .pipe(through.obj());
+  outputStream = outputStream.pipe(pass);
+
+  return duplex(pass, outputStream);
 }
 
 function isValidGlob(glob) {
   if (typeof glob === 'string') {
     return true;
   }
-  if (Array.isArray(glob) && glob.length !== 0) {
-    return true;
-  }
   return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9dcdb170..071bd969 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   "author": "Fractal <contact@wearefractal.com> (http://wearefractal.com/)",
   "main": "./index.js",
   "dependencies": {
+    "duplexer2": "0.0.2",
     "glob-stream": "^3.1.5",
     "glob-watcher": "^0.0.6",
     "graceful-fs": "^3.0.0",