diff --git a/modules/xresources.nix b/modules/xresources.nix
index e9e13135..dc59e50c 100644
--- a/modules/xresources.nix
+++ b/modules/xresources.nix
@@ -75,17 +75,18 @@ in {
     };
   };
 
-  config = mkIf (cfg.properties != null || cfg.extraConfig != "") {
-    home.file.".Xresources" = {
-      text = concatStringsSep "\n" ([ ]
-        ++ optional (cfg.extraConfig != "") cfg.extraConfig
-        ++ optionals (cfg.properties != null)
-        (mapAttrsToList formatLine cfg.properties)) + "\n";
-      onChange = ''
-        if [[ -v DISPLAY ]] ; then
-          $DRY_RUN_CMD ${pkgs.xorg.xrdb}/bin/xrdb -merge $HOME/.Xresources
-        fi
-      '';
+  config = mkIf ((cfg.properties != null && cfg.properties != { })
+    || cfg.extraConfig != "") {
+      home.file.".Xresources" = {
+        text = concatStringsSep "\n" ([ ]
+          ++ optional (cfg.extraConfig != "") cfg.extraConfig
+          ++ optionals (cfg.properties != null)
+          (mapAttrsToList formatLine cfg.properties)) + "\n";
+        onChange = ''
+          if [[ -v DISPLAY ]] ; then
+            $DRY_RUN_CMD ${pkgs.xorg.xrdb}/bin/xrdb -merge $HOME/.Xresources
+          fi
+        '';
+      };
     };
-  };
 }
diff --git a/tests/modules/xresources/default.nix b/tests/modules/xresources/default.nix
index afd15fbd..70b3e6b4 100644
--- a/tests/modules/xresources/default.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/xresources/default.nix
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-{ xresources = ./xresources.nix; }
+{
+  xresources = ./xresources.nix;
+  xresources-empty-properties = ./empty.nix;
+}