diff --git a/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/RequestValidation.swift b/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/RequestValidation.swift
index f338e06a9..a8bbb8fc6 100644
--- a/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/RequestValidation.swift
+++ b/Sources/AsyncHTTPClient/RequestValidation.swift
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ extension HTTPHeaders {
 
     private func validateFieldNames() throws {
         let invalidFieldNames = self.compactMap { name, _ -> String? in
+            // [RFC 9110](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9110.html#name-field-names) defines
+            // `field-name = token`, and `token = 1*tchar`, so a field name must contain at least
+            // one character. `allSatisfy` alone is true for the empty name.
+            guard !name.isEmpty else { return name }
+
             let satisfy = name.utf8.allSatisfy { char -> Bool in
                 switch char {
                 case UInt8(ascii: "a")...UInt8(ascii: "z"),
diff --git a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/RequestValidationTests.swift b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/RequestValidationTests.swift
index ea5a6bd66..37fa3e0eb 100644
--- a/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/RequestValidationTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/AsyncHTTPClientTests/RequestValidationTests.swift
@@ -82,6 +82,19 @@ class RequestValidationTests: XCTestCase {
         }
     }
 
+    func testEmptyHeaderFieldNameIsRejected() {
+        // RFC 9110 defines `field-name = token` and `token = 1*tchar`, so the empty
+        // name is not a valid field name.
+        var headers = HTTPHeaders([
+            ("", "Haha")
+        ])
+
+        XCTAssertThrowsError(try headers.validateAndSetTransportFraming(method: .GET, bodyLength: .known(0))) {
+            error in
+            XCTAssertEqual(error as? HTTPClientError, HTTPClientError.invalidHeaderFieldNames([""]))
+        }
+    }
+
     func testValidHeaderFieldNames() {
         var headers = HTTPHeaders([
             ("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", "Haha"),