diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Jar.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Jar.java
index 5b5e969d6..1d6037912 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Jar.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Jar.java
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ public class Jar extends Zip {
         
     protected boolean createEmptyZip(File zipFile) {
         // Jar files always contain a manifest and can never be empty        
-        return false;
+        return true;
     }
     
     /**