diff --git a/lib/imap.parsers.js b/lib/imap.parsers.js
index 27e6824..42d14b8 100644
--- a/lib/imap.parsers.js
+++ b/lib/imap.parsers.js
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ exports.parseFetchBodies = function(str, literals) {
       bodies;
   for (var i=0,len=result.length; i<len; i+=2) {
     if (Array.isArray(result[i])) {
-      if (result[i].length > 1) {
+      if (result[i].length === 0)
+        result[i].push('');
+      else if (result[i].length > 1) {
         // HEADER.FIELDS (foo)
         result[i][0] += ' (';
         result[i][0] += result[i].slice(1).join(' ');