diff --git a/certs/empty-issuer-cert.pem b/certs/empty-issuer-cert.pem
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e93c3839a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/certs/empty-issuer-cert.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
diff --git a/certs/include.am b/certs/include.am
index d9cb8f314..90e66c997 100644
--- a/certs/include.am
+++ b/certs/include.am
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST += \
              certs/ecc-keyPkcs8.der \
              certs/ecc-client-key.pem \
              certs/ecc-client-keyPub.pem \
+             certs/empty-issuer-cert.pem \
              certs/client-ecc-cert.pem \
              certs/client-ca.pem \
              certs/dh2048.pem \
diff --git a/certs/test/gen-testcerts.sh b/certs/test/gen-testcerts.sh
index 7564bb358..453f8022b 100755
--- a/certs/test/gen-testcerts.sh
+++ b/certs/test/gen-testcerts.sh
@@ -228,3 +228,11 @@ generate_expired_certs expired/expired-cert ../server-key.pem
 
 
 generate_test_trusted_cert ossl-trusted-cert localhost "" 1
+
+# Note on certs/empty-issuer-cert.pem:
+# OpenSSL did not like to generate this certificate with an empty CN in the
+# conf file.
+# The following commands were used to generate this certificate file:
+#     wolfssl genkey rsa -size 2048 -out mykey -outform pem -output KEY
+#     wolfssl req -new -days 36500 -key mykey.priv -out empty-issuer-cert.pem -x509
+#       (pressing enter for ean input without entering any input text)
diff --git a/src/x509.c b/src/x509.c
index 36260ada1..b85a04981 100644
--- a/src/x509.c
+++ b/src/x509.c
@@ -13874,7 +13874,7 @@ int wolfSSL_X509_NAME_print_ex(WOLFSSL_BIO* bio, WOLFSSL_X509_NAME* name,
 
     WOLFSSL_ENTER("wolfSSL_X509_NAME_print_ex");
 
-    if ((name == NULL) || (name->sz == 0) || (bio == NULL))
+    if ((name == NULL) || (bio == NULL))
         return WOLFSSL_FAILURE;
 
     XMEMSET(eqStr, 0, sizeof(eqStr));
diff --git a/tests/api.c b/tests/api.c
index a5b7ad435..7c8e89e3e 100644
--- a/tests/api.c
+++ b/tests/api.c
@@ -22154,7 +22154,7 @@ static int test_wolfSSL_X509_NAME_print_ex(void)
     ExpectIntEQ(X509_NAME_print_ex(NULL, NULL, 0, 0), WOLFSSL_FAILURE);
     ExpectIntEQ(X509_NAME_print_ex(membio, NULL, 0, 0), WOLFSSL_FAILURE);
     ExpectIntEQ(X509_NAME_print_ex(NULL, name, 0, 0), WOLFSSL_FAILURE);
-    ExpectIntEQ(X509_NAME_print_ex(membio, empty, 0, 0), WOLFSSL_FAILURE);
+    ExpectIntEQ(X509_NAME_print_ex(membio, empty, 0, 0), WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
     ExpectIntEQ(X509_NAME_print_ex(membio, name, 0, 0), WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
     wolfSSL_X509_NAME_free(empty);
     BIO_free(membio);
@@ -22178,6 +22178,24 @@ static int test_wolfSSL_X509_NAME_print_ex(void)
     BIO_free(bio);
     name = NULL;
 
+    /* Test with empty issuer cert empty-issuer-cert.pem.
+     * See notes in certs/test/gen-testcerts.sh for how it was generated. */
+    ExpectNotNull(bio = BIO_new(BIO_s_file()));
+    ExpectIntGT(BIO_read_filename(bio, noIssuerCertFile), 0);
+    ExpectNotNull(PEM_read_bio_X509(bio, &x509, NULL, NULL));
+    ExpectNotNull(name = X509_get_subject_name(x509));
+
+    ExpectNotNull(membio = BIO_new(BIO_s_mem()));
+    ExpectIntEQ(X509_NAME_print_ex(membio, name, 0, 0), WOLFSSL_SUCCESS);
+    /* Should be empty string "" */
+    ExpectIntEQ((memSz = BIO_get_mem_data(membio, &mem)), 0);
+
+    BIO_free(membio);
+    membio = NULL;
+    X509_free(x509);
+    BIO_free(bio);
+    name = NULL;
+
     /* Test normal case without escaped characters */
     {
         /* Create name: "/C=US/CN=wolfssl.com" */
diff --git a/wolfssl/test.h b/wolfssl/test.h
index 6e6bc0f86..70765c4db 100644
--- a/wolfssl/test.h
+++ b/wolfssl/test.h
@@ -527,6 +527,7 @@ err_sys_with_errno(const char* msg)
 #define cliEd448CertFile  "certs/ed448/client-ed448.pem"
 #define cliEd448KeyFile   "certs/ed448/client-ed448-priv.pem"
 #define caEd448CertFile   "certs/ed448/ca-ed448.pem"
+#define noIssuerCertFile  "certs/empty-issuer-cert.pem"
 #define caCertFolder      "certs/"
 #ifdef HAVE_WNR
     /* Whitewood netRandom default config file */
@@ -590,6 +591,7 @@ err_sys_with_errno(const char* msg)
 #define cliEd448CertFile  "./certs/ed448/client-ed448.pem"
 #define cliEd448KeyFile   "./certs/ed448/client-ed448-priv.pem"
 #define caEd448CertFile   "./certs/ed448/ca-ed448.pem"
+#define noIssuerCertFile  "./certs/empty-issuer-cert.pem"
 #define caCertFolder      "./certs/"
 #ifdef HAVE_WNR
     /* Whitewood netRandom default config file */