diff --git a/stream-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/pekko/stream/impl/TraversalBuilderSpec.scala b/stream-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/pekko/stream/impl/TraversalBuilderSpec.scala
index 484ac0ed47..063b9ec335 100644
--- a/stream-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/pekko/stream/impl/TraversalBuilderSpec.scala
+++ b/stream-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/pekko/stream/impl/TraversalBuilderSpec.scala
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import org.apache.pekko
 import pekko.NotUsed
 import pekko.stream._
 import pekko.stream.impl.TraversalTestUtils._
-import pekko.stream.scaladsl.Keep
+import pekko.stream.scaladsl.{ Keep, Source }
 import pekko.testkit.PekkoSpec
 
 class TraversalBuilderSpec extends PekkoSpec {
@@ -447,4 +447,20 @@ class TraversalBuilderSpec extends PekkoSpec {
     }
   }
 
+  "find Source.empty via TraversalBuilder with isEmptySource" in {
+    val emptySource = EmptySource
+    TraversalBuilder.isEmptySource(emptySource) should be(true)
+  }
+
+  "find javadsl Source.empty via TraversalBuilder with isEmptySource" in {
+    import pekko.stream.javadsl.Source
+    val emptySource = Source.empty()
+    TraversalBuilder.isEmptySource(emptySource) should be(true)
+  }
+
+  "find scaldsl Source.empty via TraversalBuilder with isEmptySource" in {
+    val emptySource = Source.empty
+    TraversalBuilder.isEmptySource(emptySource) should be(true)
+  }
+
 }