diff --git a/recipes/README.recipes.md b/recipes/README.recipes.md
index 8d264ac43..de9b4864a 100644
--- a/recipes/README.recipes.md
+++ b/recipes/README.recipes.md
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ Raises:
 
 Returns a presubmit step.
 
-— **def [execute](/recipes/recipe_modules/presubmit/api.py#101)(self, bot_update_step, skip_owners=False, run_all=False):**
+— **def [execute](/recipes/recipe_modules/presubmit/api.py#102)(self, bot_update_step, skip_owners=False, run_all=False):**
 
 Runs presubmit and sets summary markdown if applicable.
 
diff --git a/recipes/recipe_modules/presubmit/api.py b/recipes/recipe_modules/presubmit/api.py
index 538e49415..3504f0914 100644
--- a/recipes/recipe_modules/presubmit/api.py
+++ b/recipes/recipe_modules/presubmit/api.py
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ class PresubmitApi(recipe_api.RecipeApi):
                    '-c',
                    'user.name=The Commit Bot',
                    'commit',
+                   '--allow-empty',
                    '-a',
                    '-m',
                    'Committed patch',