diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6d5af23f822..1ae3110b27f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - Fix visitEnumValue to allow modifying the enum value <br/>
   [@danielrearden](https://github.com/danielrearden) in [#1003](https://github.com/ardatan/graphql-tools/pull/1391)
 - Export `generateProxyingResolvers` from `@graphql-tools/wrap`.
+- Fix `stitchSchemas` from `@graphql-tools/stitch` from the case there the typeDefs array is empty.
 
 ### 5.0.0
 
diff --git a/packages/stitch/src/stitchSchemas.ts b/packages/stitch/src/stitchSchemas.ts
index 27ad05f31a3..1f633531351 100644
--- a/packages/stitch/src/stitchSchemas.ts
+++ b/packages/stitch/src/stitchSchemas.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export function stitchSchemas({
   }
 
   let schemaLikeObjects: Array<GraphQLSchema | SubschemaConfig | DocumentNode | GraphQLNamedType> = [...subschemas];
-  if (typeDefs) {
+  if (typeDefs && typeDefs.length) {
     schemaLikeObjects.push(buildDocumentFromTypeDefinitions(typeDefs, parseOptions));
   }
   if (types != null) {
diff --git a/packages/stitch/tests/stitchSchemas.test.ts b/packages/stitch/tests/stitchSchemas.test.ts
index 65e53038d2d..928682c3c3f 100644
--- a/packages/stitch/tests/stitchSchemas.test.ts
+++ b/packages/stitch/tests/stitchSchemas.test.ts
@@ -2982,6 +2982,36 @@ fragment BookingFragment on Booking {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('empty typeDefs array', () => {
+    test('works', async () => {
+      const typeDefs = `
+      type Query {
+        book: Book
+      }
+      type Book {
+        category: String!
+      }
+    `;
+      let schema = makeExecutableSchema({ typeDefs });
+
+      const resolvers = {
+        Query: {
+          book: () => ({ category: 'Test' }),
+        },
+      };
+
+      schema = stitchSchemas({
+        schemas: [schema],
+        resolvers,
+        typeDefs: [],
+      });
+
+      const result = await graphql(schema, '{ book { cat: category } }');
+
+      expect(result.data.book.cat).toBe('Test');
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('new root type name', () => {
     test('works', async () => {
       let bookSchema = makeExecutableSchema({