diff --git a/src/field.cpp b/src/field.cpp
index 9fa978a8..662d236e 100644
--- a/src/field.cpp
+++ b/src/field.cpp
@@ -114,9 +114,7 @@ Option<bool> filter::parse_filter_query(const string& simple_filter_query,
                 }
             }
 
-            if(!id_filter.values.empty()) {
-                filters.push_back(id_filter);
-            }
+            filters.push_back(id_filter);
 
             continue;
         }
diff --git a/test/collection_filtering_test.cpp b/test/collection_filtering_test.cpp
index 3b8dabd6..c0a669c7 100644
--- a/test/collection_filtering_test.cpp
+++ b/test/collection_filtering_test.cpp
@@ -1524,6 +1524,19 @@ TEST_F(CollectionFilteringTest, FilteringViaDocumentIds) {
     ASSERT_STREQ("125", results["hits"][1]["document"]["id"].get<std::string>().c_str());
     ASSERT_STREQ("127", results["hits"][2]["document"]["id"].get<std::string>().c_str());
 
+    // when no IDs exist
+    results = coll1->search("*",
+                            {}, "id: [1000] && num_employees: <300",
+                            {}, sort_fields, {0}, 10, 1, FREQUENCY, {true}).get();
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, results["found"].get<size_t>());
+
+    results = coll1->search("*",
+                            {}, "id: 1000",
+                            {}, sort_fields, {0}, 10, 1, FREQUENCY, {true}).get();
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(0, results["found"].get<size_t>());
+
     collectionManager.drop_collection("coll1");
 }