diff --git a/modules/imgproc/src/contours_new.cpp b/modules/imgproc/src/contours_new.cpp
index 355a5e349c..b87a06255d 100644
--- a/modules/imgproc/src/contours_new.cpp
+++ b/modules/imgproc/src/contours_new.cpp
@@ -700,7 +700,10 @@ void cv::findContours(InputArray _image,
 
     // preprocess
     Mat image;
-    copyMakeBorder(_image, image, 1, 1, 1, 1, BORDER_CONSTANT | BORDER_ISOLATED, Scalar(0));
+    if (_image.empty())
+        image = Mat::zeros(2, 2, _image.type());
+    else
+        copyMakeBorder(_image, image, 1, 1, 1, 1, BORDER_CONSTANT | BORDER_ISOLATED, Scalar(0));
     if (image.type() != CV_32SC1)
         threshold(image, image, 0, 1, THRESH_BINARY);
 
diff --git a/modules/imgproc/src/contours_truco.cpp b/modules/imgproc/src/contours_truco.cpp
index d2bd0c74ea..53012289a4 100644
--- a/modules/imgproc/src/contours_truco.cpp
+++ b/modules/imgproc/src/contours_truco.cpp
@@ -648,6 +648,11 @@ void findTRUContours(InputArray _src, OutputArrayOfArrays _contours, int minSize
     CV_INSTRUMENT_REGION();
     Mat src = _src.getMat();
     CV_Assert(src.type() == CV_8UC1);
+    if (src.empty())
+    {
+        _contours.clear();
+        return;
+    }
 
     // Buffer handling
     cv::Mat padded;
diff --git a/modules/imgproc/test/test_contours.cpp b/modules/imgproc/test/test_contours.cpp
index 1cf8e327c7..6915e92e14 100644
--- a/modules/imgproc/test/test_contours.cpp
+++ b/modules/imgproc/test/test_contours.cpp
@@ -125,6 +125,35 @@ TEST(Imgproc_FindContours, border)
     ASSERT_EQ(0, cvtest::norm(img, img_draw_contours, NORM_INF));
 }
 
+TEST(Imgproc_FindContours, empty_input)
+{
+    Mat empty;
+    std::vector<std::vector<Point> > contours(1, std::vector<Point>(1, Point(1, 2)));
+    std::vector<Vec4i> hierarchy(1, Vec4i(0, 0, 0, 0));
+
+    // General path (with hierarchy)
+    findContours(empty, contours, hierarchy, RETR_TREE, CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(contours.empty());
+    EXPECT_TRUE(hierarchy.empty());
+
+    // Fast path (RETR_LIST without hierarchy -> findTRUContours)
+    contours.assign(1, std::vector<Point>(1, Point(1, 2)));
+    findContours(empty, contours, RETR_LIST, CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE, Point(3, 4));
+    EXPECT_TRUE(contours.empty());
+
+    // RETR_FLOODFILL with empty CV_32SC1
+    Mat empty32s(0, 0, CV_32SC1);
+    contours.assign(1, std::vector<Point>(1, Point(1, 2)));
+    hierarchy.assign(1, Vec4i(0, 0, 0, 0));
+    findContours(empty32s, contours, hierarchy, RETR_FLOODFILL, CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(contours.empty());
+    EXPECT_TRUE(hierarchy.empty());
+
+    // Empty input still goes through type/mode validation
+    EXPECT_THROW(findContours(Mat(0, 0, CV_32FC1), contours, hierarchy, RETR_TREE, CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE), cv::Exception);
+    EXPECT_THROW(findContours(empty, contours, hierarchy, RETR_FLOODFILL, CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE), cv::Exception);
+}
+
 TEST(Imgproc_FindContours, regression_4363_shared_nbd)
 {
     // Create specific test image