diff --git a/app/models/gollum_wiki.rb b/app/models/gollum_wiki.rb
index d1edbab4533afab1e846355c15f275a2560f12b4..05fc2a745b411c03d4a81afda0b3278300cf7787 100644
--- a/app/models/gollum_wiki.rb
+++ b/app/models/gollum_wiki.rb
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ class GollumWiki
     end
   end
 
+  def empty?
+    pages.empty?
+  end
+
   # Returns an Array of Gitlab WikiPage instances or an
   # empty Array if this Wiki has no pages.
   def pages
diff --git a/lib/backup/repository.rb b/lib/backup/repository.rb
index c5e3d049fd77319bb0d545b7b34014948d5d7d4a..252201f11be767f7117a87bbb6191a44cf82afef 100644
--- a/lib/backup/repository.rb
+++ b/lib/backup/repository.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ module Backup
 
         if File.exists?(path_to_repo(wiki))
           print " * #{wiki.path_with_namespace} ... "
-          if system("cd #{path_to_repo(wiki)} > /dev/null 2>&1 && git bundle create #{path_to_bundle(wiki)} --all > /dev/null 2>&1")
+          if wiki.empty?
+            puts " [SKIPPED]".cyan
+          elsif system("cd #{path_to_repo(wiki)} > /dev/null 2>&1 && git bundle create #{path_to_bundle(wiki)} --all > /dev/null 2>&1")
             puts " [DONE]".green
           else
             puts " [FAILED]".red
diff --git a/spec/models/gollum_wiki_spec.rb b/spec/models/gollum_wiki_spec.rb
index aa850dfd0a334b16b17452eed366e43e3a2479a7..9e07d9ee191567f4deea3560464bd2694dff0b53 100644
--- a/spec/models/gollum_wiki_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/gollum_wiki_spec.rb
@@ -86,6 +86,27 @@ describe GollumWiki do
     end
   end
 
+  describe "#empty?" do
+    context "when the wiki repository is empty" do
+      before do
+        Gitlab::Shell.any_instance.stub(:add_repository) do
+          create_temp_repo("#{Rails.root}/tmp/test-git-base-path/non-existant.wiki.git")
+        end
+        project.stub(:path_with_namespace).and_return("non-existant")
+      end
+
+      its(:empty?) { should be_true }
+    end
+
+    context "when the wiki has pages" do
+      before do
+        create_page("index", "This is an awesome new Gollum Wiki")
+      end
+
+      its(:empty?) { should be_false }
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "#pages" do
     before do
       create_page("index", "This is an awesome new Gollum Wiki")