diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/rustdoc.css b/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/rustdoc.css
index 6e7a6da..4fc4932 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/rustdoc.css
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/rustdoc.css
@@ -1952,7 +1952,7 @@ instead, we check that it's not a "finger" cursor.
 	}
 }
 
-:target:not([data-nosnippet]) {
+:target:not([data-nosnippet]):not(:empty) {
 	background-color: var(--target-background-color);
 	border-right: 3px solid var(--target-border-color);
 }
diff --git a/tests/rustdoc-gui/src/lib2/lib.rs b/tests/rustdoc-gui/src/lib2/lib.rs
index 28dfa56..cf2f455 100644
--- a/tests/rustdoc-gui/src/lib2/lib.rs
+++ b/tests/rustdoc-gui/src/lib2/lib.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ pub struct Foo {
 
 impl Foo {
     /// Some documentation
+    /// <a id="empty-anchor"></a>
     /// # A Heading
     pub fn a_method(&self) {}
 
diff --git a/tests/rustdoc-gui/target.goml b/tests/rustdoc-gui/target.goml
index 92846f8..965d8ec 100644
--- a/tests/rustdoc-gui/target.goml
+++ b/tests/rustdoc-gui/target.goml
@@ -33,3 +33,8 @@ call-function: ("check-style", {
     "background": "#fdffd3",
     "border": "#ad7c37",
 })
+
+// An empty anchor must not get the target border.
+go-to: "file://" + |DOC_PATH| + "/lib2/struct.Foo.html#empty-anchor"
+assert: "#empty-anchor:target"
+assert-css: ("#empty-anchor", {"border-right-width": "0px"})