diff --git a/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Stats.hs b/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Stats.hs
index 43d6b5a31..4db849037 100644
--- a/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Stats.hs
+++ b/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Stats.hs
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ showStats _ _ l today =
              tnum7 = length $ filter withinlast7 ts
              withinlast7 t = d >= addDays (-7) today && (d<=today) where d = tdate t
              txnrate7 = fromIntegral tnum7 / 7 :: Double
-             acctnum = length $ accounts l
-             acctdepth = maximum $ map (accountNameLevel.aname) $ accounts l
+             acctnum = length as
+             acctdepth | null as = 0
+                       | otherwise = maximum $ map (accountNameLevel.aname) as
+             as = accounts l
              cs = Map.elems $ commodities l
 
diff --git a/tests/stats-empty-file.test b/tests/stats-empty-file.test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba06eb8a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/stats-empty-file.test
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bin/hledger -f- stats
+<<<
+>>> /Accounts.* 0 \(depth 0\)/