diff --git a/test/stacktraces.jl b/test/stacktraces.jl
index 8f2400662f0f08..5987d79e37bc93 100644
--- a/test/stacktraces.jl
+++ b/test/stacktraces.jl
@@ -124,3 +124,12 @@ let ctestptr = cglobal((:ctest, "libccalltest")),
     @test ctest[1].from_c
     @test ctest[1].pointer === UInt64(ctestptr)
 end
+
+# #19655
+let
+    # not in a `catch`, so should return an empty StackTrace
+    st = stacktrace(empty!(backtrace()))
+    println(st)
+    @test isempty(st)
+    @test isa(st, StackTrace)
+end