diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/tests/dataframe/test_constructing.py b/python/cudf/cudf/tests/dataframe/test_constructing.py
index 06777c8e6af..b673e657928 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/tests/dataframe/test_constructing.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/tests/dataframe/test_constructing.py
@@ -1 +1,15 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+# Copyright (c) 2023-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+import pandas as pd
+import pytest
+
+import cudf
+from cudf.testing._utils import assert_eq
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("data", [[], {}, None])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("columns", [["a", "b"], None])
+def test_empty_dataframe(data, columns):
+    got = cudf.DataFrame(data=data, columns=columns)
+    expect = pd.DataFrame(data=data, columns=columns)
+    check_dtypes = columns is None
+    assert_eq(got, expect, check_dtype=check_dtypes)