diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index 9f37329..cfb0fbc 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ export const list = {
    * @param {ListValue} list the protobuf list value.
    * @returns {Array.<*>}
    */
-  decode({values}: ListValue): JsonArray {
+  decode({values = []}: ListValue): JsonArray {
     return values.map(value.decode);
   }
 };
diff --git a/test.ts b/test.ts
index 774d502..9f215e3 100644
--- a/test.ts
+++ b/test.ts
@@ -219,3 +219,8 @@ test('struct.decode - undefined fields', t => {
   const actual = struct.decode({});
   t.deepEqual(actual, {});
 });
+
+test('struct.decode - empty listValue', t => {
+  const actual = struct.decode({ fields: { test: { listValue: {} } } });
+  t.deepEqual(actual, {test: []});
+});