diff --git a/lib/oga/css/parser.y b/lib/oga/css/parser.y
index ac6cf6a..cedad80 100644
--- a/lib/oga/css/parser.y
+++ b/lib/oga/css/parser.y
@@ -550,6 +550,15 @@ end
     return s(:eq, s(:call, 'last'), s(:int, 1))
   end
 
+  ##
+  # Generates the AST for the `:empty` selector.
+  #
+  # @return [AST::Node]
+  #
+  def on_pseudo_class_empty
+    return s(:call, 'not', s(:axis, 'child', s(:type_test, 'node')))
+  end
+
   private
 
   ##
diff --git a/spec/oga/css/parser/pseudo_classes/empty_spec.rb b/spec/oga/css/parser/pseudo_classes/empty_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b487f1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/oga/css/parser/pseudo_classes/empty_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Oga::CSS::Parser do
+  context ':empty pseudo class' do
+    example 'parse the :empty pseudo class' do
+      parse_css(':empty').should == parse_xpath(
+        'descendant-or-self::*[not(node())]'
+      )
+    end
+  end
+end