diff --git a/compiler/parser/Parser.y b/compiler/parser/Parser.y
index 62d1114ae42245269bc530c083f7d83eb90d595c..d72f50d8719822c0b0c909f1dba2bd1f18bc117d 100644
--- a/compiler/parser/Parser.y
+++ b/compiler/parser/Parser.y
@@ -1422,6 +1422,7 @@ stringlist :: { Located (OrdList (Located StringLiteral)) }
                                return (sLL $1 $> (unLoc $1 `snocOL`
                                                   (L (gl $3) (getStringLiteral $3)))) }
     | STRING                { sLL $1 $> (unitOL (L (gl $1) (getStringLiteral $1))) }
+    | {- empty -}           { noLoc nilOL }
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Annotations
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/parser/should_compile/T3303.hs b/testsuite/tests/parser/should_compile/T3303.hs
index 08de52e6cdd28ff6d7ec7309f41a774d6c3dbca5..7d9bfbd6409fff2a6552f16729244818bf1ea5de 100644
--- a/testsuite/tests/parser/should_compile/T3303.hs
+++ b/testsuite/tests/parser/should_compile/T3303.hs
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ import T3303A
 bar :: Int
 bar = foo
 
+bar2 :: Int
+bar2 = foo2
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/parser/should_compile/T3303.stderr b/testsuite/tests/parser/should_compile/T3303.stderr
index df227f47ef9a139b491e7d526a7e605252c20e15..a8d2f631cf402017259ede3298171e54f4a8fe27 100644
--- a/testsuite/tests/parser/should_compile/T3303.stderr
+++ b/testsuite/tests/parser/should_compile/T3303.stderr
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 
-T3303.hs:7:7: Warning:
+T3303.hs:7:7: warning:
     In the use of ‘foo’ (imported from T3303A):
     Deprecated: "This is a multi-line
                  deprecation message
                  for foo"
+
+T3303.hs:10:8: warning:
+    In the use of ‘foo2’ (imported from T3303A): Deprecated: ""
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/parser/should_compile/T3303A.hs b/testsuite/tests/parser/should_compile/T3303A.hs
index daa4bfb91d503d5a4b77e62ddeea5b396cd73d12..07a2eb850372ea2e71f0892d99f5c4cdd9d3a36d 100644
--- a/testsuite/tests/parser/should_compile/T3303A.hs
+++ b/testsuite/tests/parser/should_compile/T3303A.hs
@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@ module T3303A where
 foo :: Int
 foo = 4
 
+-- Empty list should work too (#11044).
+{-# DEPRECATED foo2 [] #-}
+
+foo2 :: Int
+foo2 = 4