diff --git a/src/Transpiler.ts b/src/Transpiler.ts
index d60a32ca5..058055a4d 100644
--- a/src/Transpiler.ts
+++ b/src/Transpiler.ts
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ export class LuaTranspiler {
 
     public transpileNewExpression(node: ts.NewExpression): string {
         const name = this.transpileExpression(node.expression);
-        const params = this.transpileArguments(node.arguments, ts.createTrue());
+        const params = node.arguments ? this.transpileArguments(node.arguments, ts.createTrue()) : "true";
 
         return `${name}.new(${params})`;
     }
diff --git a/test/translation/lua/classEmptyNew.lua b/test/translation/lua/classEmptyNew.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7d9462a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/translation/lua/classEmptyNew.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Test = Test or {}
+Test.__index = Test
+function Test.new(construct, ...)
+    local instance = setmetatable({}, Test)
+    if construct and Test.constructor then Test.constructor(instance, ...) end
+    return instance
+end
+function Test.constructor(self)
+end
+local t = Test.new(true)
diff --git a/test/translation/ts/classEmptyNew.ts b/test/translation/ts/classEmptyNew.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ffb7b1d59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/translation/ts/classEmptyNew.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class Test {
+    constructor () {
+
+    }
+}
+
+let t = new Test;