diff --git a/lib/stdlib/src/binary.erl b/lib/stdlib/src/binary.erl
index 6231552f851e..bf84737b93ec 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/src/binary.erl
+++ b/lib/stdlib/src/binary.erl
@@ -948,6 +948,7 @@ _Example:_
 """.
 -doc(#{since => <<"OTP 27.0">>}).
 -spec join([binary()], binary()) -> binary().
+join([], _Separator) -> <<>>;
 join([H], _Separator) -> H;
 join([H | T], Separator) ->
     join(T, Separator, H).
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/test/binary_module_SUITE.erl b/lib/stdlib/test/binary_module_SUITE.erl
index f9abc6e0177c..2a527837eaf9 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/test/binary_module_SUITE.erl
+++ b/lib/stdlib/test/binary_module_SUITE.erl
@@ -1588,6 +1588,7 @@ do_hex_roundtrip(Bytes) ->
 join(Config) when is_list(Config) ->
     <<"a, b, c">> = binary:join([<<"a">>, <<"b">>, <<"c">>], <<", ">>),
     <<"a">> = binary:join([<<"a">>], <<", ">>),
+    <<>> = binary:join([], <<", ">>),
     badarg = ?MASK_ERROR(binary:join([<<"a">>], ", ")),
     badarg = ?MASK_ERROR(binary:join([], <<",">>)).