diff --git a/packages/router/src/url_tree.ts b/packages/router/src/url_tree.ts
index 6ed907e359..cd7d1b131e 100644
--- a/packages/router/src/url_tree.ts
+++ b/packages/router/src/url_tree.ts
@@ -497,12 +497,15 @@ function serializeMatrixParams(params: {[key: string]: string}): string {
 }
 
 function serializeQueryParams(params: {[key: string]: any}): string {
-  const strParams: string[] = Object.keys(params).map((name) => {
-    const value = params[name];
-    return Array.isArray(value) ?
-        value.map(v => `${encodeUriQuery(name)}=${encodeUriQuery(v)}`).join('&') :
-        `${encodeUriQuery(name)}=${encodeUriQuery(value)}`;
-  });
+  const strParams: string[] =
+      Object.keys(params)
+          .map((name) => {
+            const value = params[name];
+            return Array.isArray(value) ?
+                value.map(v => `${encodeUriQuery(name)}=${encodeUriQuery(v)}`).join('&') :
+                `${encodeUriQuery(name)}=${encodeUriQuery(value)}`;
+          })
+          .filter(s => !!s);
 
   return strParams.length ? `?${strParams.join('&')}` : '';
 }
diff --git a/packages/router/test/create_url_tree.spec.ts b/packages/router/test/create_url_tree.spec.ts
index bf704d577d..8fd407906a 100644
--- a/packages/router/test/create_url_tree.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/router/test/create_url_tree.spec.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ describe('createUrlTree', () => {
       expect(serializer.serialize(t2)).toEqual('/a/c/c2?m=v1&m=v2');
     });
 
+    it('should support parameter with empty arrays as values', () => {
+      const p1 = serializer.parse('/a/c');
+      const t1 = create(p1.root.children[PRIMARY_OUTLET], 1, p1, ['c2'], {m: []});
+      expect(serializer.serialize(t1)).toEqual('/a/c/c2');
+
+      const p2 = serializer.parse('/a/c');
+      const t2 = create(p2.root.children[PRIMARY_OUTLET], 1, p2, ['c2'], {m: [], n: 1});
+      expect(serializer.serialize(t2)).toEqual('/a/c/c2?n=1');
+    });
+
     it('should set query params', () => {
       const p = serializer.parse('/');
       const t = createRoot(p, [], {a: 'hey'});