diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240423-131503.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240423-131503.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b5b82b38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20240423-131503.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Fixes
+body: Stop adding aliases to subqueries when calling with `--empty`
+time: 2024-04-23T13:15:03.118968-07:00
+custom:
+  Author: colin-rogers-dbt
+  Issue: "782"
diff --git a/dbt/adapters/redshift/relation.py b/dbt/adapters/redshift/relation.py
index e120a2fac..eaf60f54c 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/redshift/relation.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/redshift/relation.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 class RedshiftRelation(BaseRelation):
     include_policy = RedshiftIncludePolicy  # type: ignore
     quote_policy = RedshiftQuotePolicy  # type: ignore
+    require_alias: bool = False
     relation_configs = {
         RelationType.MaterializedView.value: RedshiftMaterializedViewConfig,
     }
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/empty/test_empty.py b/tests/functional/adapter/empty/test_empty.py
index 3368a90f9..27f36f1df 100644
--- a/tests/functional/adapter/empty/test_empty.py
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/empty/test_empty.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-from dbt.tests.adapter.empty.test_empty import BaseTestEmpty
+from dbt.tests.adapter.empty.test_empty import BaseTestEmpty, BaseTestEmptyInlineSourceRef
 
 
 class TestRedshiftEmpty(BaseTestEmpty):
     pass
+
+
+class TestRedshiftEmptyInlineSourceRef(BaseTestEmptyInlineSourceRef):
+    pass