diff --git a/src/AnnotationsReader/BasicAnnotationsReader.ts b/src/AnnotationsReader/BasicAnnotationsReader.ts
index f2d56e7a3..626688d79 100644
--- a/src/AnnotationsReader/BasicAnnotationsReader.ts
+++ b/src/AnnotationsReader/BasicAnnotationsReader.ts
@@ -79,11 +79,7 @@ export class BasicAnnotationsReader implements AnnotationsReader {
     }
 
     private parseJsDocTag(jsDocTag: ts.JSDocTagInfo): any {
-        if (!jsDocTag.text) {
-            return undefined;
-        }
-
-        const text = jsDocTag.text?.map((part) => part.text).join("");
+        const text = (jsDocTag.text ?? []).map((part) => part.text).join("");
         if (BasicAnnotationsReader.textTags.has(jsDocTag.name)) {
             return text;
         } else if (BasicAnnotationsReader.jsonTags.has(jsDocTag.name)) {
diff --git a/src/AnnotationsReader/ExtendedAnnotationsReader.ts b/src/AnnotationsReader/ExtendedAnnotationsReader.ts
index f4a19db80..4edc7ae9e 100644
--- a/src/AnnotationsReader/ExtendedAnnotationsReader.ts
+++ b/src/AnnotationsReader/ExtendedAnnotationsReader.ts
@@ -63,10 +63,11 @@ export class ExtendedAnnotationsReader extends BasicAnnotationsReader {
         }
 
         const jsDocTag = jsDocTags.find((tag) => tag.name === "asType");
-        if (!jsDocTag || !jsDocTag.text) {
+        if (!jsDocTag) {
             return undefined;
         }
 
-        return { type: jsDocTag.text[0].text };
+        const text = (jsDocTag.text ?? []).map((part) => part.text).join("");
+        return { type: text };
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/valid-data-other.test.ts b/test/valid-data-other.test.ts
index 130835ac3..af2601aed 100644
--- a/test/valid-data-other.test.ts
+++ b/test/valid-data-other.test.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ describe("valid-data-other", () => {
         ])
     );
 
+    it("annotation-empty-basic", assertValidSchema("annotation-empty", "MyObject", "basic", ["customEmptyAnnotation"]));
+    it(
+        "annotation-empty-extended",
+        assertValidSchema("annotation-empty", "MyObject", "extended", ["customEmptyAnnotation"])
+    );
+
     it("nullable-null", assertValidSchema("nullable-null", "MyObject"));
 
     it("undefined-alias", assertValidSchema("undefined-alias", "MyType"));
diff --git a/test/valid-data/annotation-empty/main.ts b/test/valid-data/annotation-empty/main.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3cab0c315
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/valid-data/annotation-empty/main.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/**
+ * @customEmptyAnnotation
+ */
+export interface MyObject {}
diff --git a/test/valid-data/annotation-empty/schema.json b/test/valid-data/annotation-empty/schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..163ea704c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/valid-data/annotation-empty/schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "$ref": "#/definitions/MyObject",
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+  "definitions": {
+    "MyObject": {
+      "customEmptyAnnotation": "",
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "type": "object"
+    }
+  }
+}