diff --git a/shell-lint b/shell-lint
index 5cc77cb2a7..fffbb8b119 100755
--- a/shell-lint
+++ b/shell-lint
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@
 # - files-with-type
 # - file >= 5.22
 
-"$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/files-with-type" text/x-shellscript "$@" | xargs shellcheck
+"$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/files-with-type" text/x-shellscript "$@" | xargs --no-run-if-empty shellcheck