diff --git a/src/Stream/BufferedStream.php b/src/Stream/BufferedStream.php
index cf23fc7..289ff8c 100644
--- a/src/Stream/BufferedStream.php
+++ b/src/Stream/BufferedStream.php
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ public function read(int $length): string
         if ($length < 0) {
             throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Can not read a negative amount of bytes');
         }
+        if (0 === $length) {
+            return '';
+        }
 
         $read = '';