diff --git a/src/rez/tests/test_utils.py b/src/rez/tests/test_utils.py
index e0099c1c1..16cc8fccb 100644
--- a/src/rez/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/src/rez/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -115,6 +115,15 @@ def test_convert_mixed_override_path_sep(self):
 
         self.assertEqual(converted_path, expected_path)
 
+    @platform_dependent(["windows"])
+    def test_convert_empty_path(self):
+        """Test the path conversion on empty paths.
+        Path conversion can expect empty paths when normalizing rex paths such as
+        variant subpaths.
+        """
+        converted_path = cygpath.convert('')
+        self.assertEqual(converted_path, '')
+
 
 class TestToPosixPath(TestBase):