diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.01.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.01.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6be9489
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.01.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+DROP DATAVERSE test if exists;
+CREATE DATAVERSE test;
+USE test;
+
+
+CREATE TYPE ColumnType1 AS {
+    id: integer
+};
+
+CREATE COLLECTION TestCollection(ColumnType1) PRIMARY KEY id;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.02.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.02.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d569ee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.02.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+use test;
+INSERT INTO TestCollection {"id":2,"name":{"first":["power","star"]}};
+INSERT INTO TestCollection {"id":5,"name":{"first":[]}};
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.03.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.03.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a652d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.03.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+COPY (
+select c.* from TestCollection c
+    ) toWriter
+TO S3
+PATH ("copy-to-result", "parquet-empty-array")
+TYPE ( { id : int,  name : { first :  [ string ] } } )
+WITH {
+    "accessKeyId":"dummyAccessKey",
+    "secretAccessKey":"dummySecretKey",
+    "region":"us-west-2",
+    "serviceEndpoint":"http://127.0.0.1:8001",
+    "container":"playground",
+    "format":"parquet"
+    };
+
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.04.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.04.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f17c4d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.04.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+
+CREATE TYPE ColumnType2 AS {
+    };
+
+
+
+CREATE EXTERNAL DATASET TestDataset(ColumnType2) USING S3
+(
+  ("serviceEndpoint"="http://127.0.0.1:8001"),
+  ("region"="us-west-2"),
+  ("container"="playground"),
+  ("definition"="copy-to-result/parquet-empty-array/"),
+  ("include"="*.parquet"),
+  ("requireVersionChangeDetection"="false"),
+  ("format" = "parquet")
+);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.05.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.05.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b03fc5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.05.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+
+SELECT c.*
+FROM TestDataset c
+ORDER BY c.id;
+
+
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.05.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.05.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97de7e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/copy-to/parquet-empty-array/parquet-empty-array.05.adm
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{ "id": 2, "name": { "first": [ "power", "star" ] } }
+{ "id": 5, "name": { "first": [  ] } }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_external_dataset_s3.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_external_dataset_s3.xml
index d02d551..5501aec 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_external_dataset_s3.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_external_dataset_s3.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="copy-to">
+      <compilation-unit name="parquet-empty-array">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">parquet-empty-array</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="copy-to">
       <compilation-unit name="empty-path">
         <output-dir compare="Text">empty-path</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/parquet/ParquetRecordLazyVisitor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/parquet/ParquetRecordLazyVisitor.java
index cf46cc6..f6e85ef 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/parquet/ParquetRecordLazyVisitor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/writer/printer/parquet/ParquetRecordLazyVisitor.java
@@ -122,23 +122,25 @@
         }
 
         recordConsumer.startGroup();
-        recordConsumer.startField(LIST_FIELD, groupType.getFieldIndex(LIST_FIELD));
 
-        for (int i = 0; i < pointable.getNumberOfChildren(); i++) {
-            pointable.nextChild();
-            AbstractLazyVisitablePointable child = pointable.getChildVisitablePointable();
+        if (pointable.getNumberOfChildren() > 0) {
+            recordConsumer.startField(LIST_FIELD, groupType.getFieldIndex(LIST_FIELD));
 
-            recordConsumer.startGroup();
-            recordConsumer.startField(ELEMENT_FIELD, listType.getFieldIndex(ELEMENT_FIELD));
+            for (int i = 0; i < pointable.getNumberOfChildren(); i++) {
+                pointable.nextChild();
+                AbstractLazyVisitablePointable child = pointable.getChildVisitablePointable();
 
-            child.accept(this, listType.getType(ELEMENT_FIELD));
+                recordConsumer.startGroup();
+                recordConsumer.startField(ELEMENT_FIELD, listType.getFieldIndex(ELEMENT_FIELD));
+                child.accept(this, listType.getType(ELEMENT_FIELD));
+                recordConsumer.endField(ELEMENT_FIELD, listType.getFieldIndex(ELEMENT_FIELD));
+                recordConsumer.endGroup();
 
-            recordConsumer.endField(ELEMENT_FIELD, listType.getFieldIndex(ELEMENT_FIELD));
-            recordConsumer.endGroup();
+            }
 
+            recordConsumer.endField(LIST_FIELD, groupType.getFieldIndex(LIST_FIELD));
         }
 
-        recordConsumer.endField(LIST_FIELD, groupType.getFieldIndex(LIST_FIELD));
         recordConsumer.endGroup();
         return null;
     }