diff --git a/lib/wasi.js b/lib/wasi.js
index a6d90f0f57365f..bc7f0e6764fe87 100644
--- a/lib/wasi.js
+++ b/lib/wasi.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class WASI {
 
     if (options.args !== undefined)
       validateArray(options.args, 'options.args');
-    const args = ArrayPrototypeMap(options.args || [], String);
+    const args = ArrayPrototypeMap(options.args ?? [], String);
 
     const env = [];
     if (options.env !== undefined) {