diff --git a/backend/googlecloudstorage/googlecloudstorage.go b/backend/googlecloudstorage/googlecloudstorage.go
index 7e2cd5c65..7ca0ad24a 100644
--- a/backend/googlecloudstorage/googlecloudstorage.go
+++ b/backend/googlecloudstorage/googlecloudstorage.go
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ func (f *Fs) list(dir string, recurse bool, fn listFn) error {
 			}
 			remote := object.Name[rootLength:]
 			// is this a directory marker?
-			if strings.HasSuffix(remote, "/") && object.Size == 0 {
+			if (strings.HasSuffix(remote, "/") || remote == "") && object.Size == 0 {
 				if recurse {
 					// add a directory in if --fast-list since will have no prefixes
 					err = fn(remote[:len(remote)-1], object, true)