diff --git a/findutils/grep.c b/findutils/grep.c
index 3acfa91..5f42242 100644
--- a/findutils/grep.c
+++ b/findutils/grep.c
@@ -562,20 +562,20 @@
 
 static void load_regexes_from_file(llist_t *fopt)
 {
-	char *line;
-	FILE *f;
-
 	while (fopt) {
+		char *line;
+		FILE *fp;
 		llist_t *cur = fopt;
 		char *ffile = cur->data;
 
 		fopt = cur->link;
 		free(cur);
-		f = xfopen_stdin(ffile);
-		while ((line = xmalloc_fgetline(f)) != NULL) {
+		fp = xfopen_stdin(ffile);
+		while ((line = xmalloc_fgetline(fp)) != NULL) {
 			llist_add_to(&pattern_head,
 				new_grep_list_data(line, ALLOCATED));
 		}
+		fclose_if_not_stdin(fp);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -659,15 +659,19 @@
 #endif
 	invert_search = ((option_mask32 & OPT_v) != 0); /* 0 | 1 */
 
-	if (pattern_head != NULL) {
-		/* convert char **argv to grep_list_data_t */
+	{	/* convert char **argv to grep_list_data_t */
 		llist_t *cur;
-
 		for (cur = pattern_head; cur; cur = cur->link)
 			cur->data = new_grep_list_data(cur->data, 0);
 	}
-	if (option_mask32 & OPT_f)
+	if (option_mask32 & OPT_f) {
 		load_regexes_from_file(fopt);
+		if (!pattern_head) { /* -f EMPTY_FILE? */
+			/* GNU grep treats it as "nothing matches" */
+			llist_add_to(&pattern_head, new_grep_list_data((char*) "", 0));
+			invert_search ^= 1;
+		}
+	}
 
 	if (ENABLE_FEATURE_GREP_FGREP_ALIAS && applet_name[0] == 'f')
 		option_mask32 |= OPT_F;
diff --git a/testsuite/grep.tests b/testsuite/grep.tests
index ffce033..006a215 100755
--- a/testsuite/grep.tests
+++ b/testsuite/grep.tests
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 . ./testing.sh
 
-# testing "test name" "options" "expected result" "file input" "stdin"
+# testing "test name" "commands" "expected result" "file input" "stdin"
 #   file input will be file called "input"
 #   test can create a file "actual" instead of writing to stdout
 
@@ -103,4 +103,20 @@
 	"" \
 	"" "test\n"
 
+testing "grep -f EMPTY_FILE" \
+	"grep -f input" \
+	"" \
+	"" \
+	"test\n"
+
+testing "grep -v -f EMPTY_FILE" \
+	"grep -v -f input" \
+	"test\n" \
+	"" \
+	"test\n"
+
+# testing "test name" "commands" "expected result" "file input" "stdin"
+#   file input will be file called "input"
+#   test can create a file "actual" instead of writing to stdout
+
 exit $FAILCOUNT