metainfo/metainfo.go      | 8 ++++----
 metainfo/metainfo_test.go | 8 ++++++++

diff --git a/metainfo/metainfo.go b/metainfo/metainfo.go
index cd787260c150e972b8987713b65904a7f30c766b..fbf48671d484a0e3342f855585a98a91975c42f2 100644
--- a/metainfo/metainfo.go
+++ b/metainfo/metainfo.go
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ 	"github.com/anacrolix/torrent/bencode"
 )
 
 type MetaInfo struct {
-	InfoBytes    bencode.Bytes `bencode:"info,omitempty"`          // BEP 3
-	Announce     string        `bencode:"announce,omitempty"`      // BEP 3
-	AnnounceList AnnounceList  `bencode:"announce-list,omitempty"` // BEP 12
-	Nodes        []Node        `bencode:"nodes,omitempty"`         // BEP 5
+	InfoBytes    bencode.Bytes `bencode:"info,omitempty"`                              // BEP 3
+	Announce     string        `bencode:"announce,omitempty"`                          // BEP 3
+	AnnounceList AnnounceList  `bencode:"announce-list,omitempty"`                     // BEP 12
+	Nodes        []Node        `bencode:"nodes,omitempty,ignore_unmarshal_type_error"` // BEP 5
 	// Where's this specified? Mentioned at
 	// https://wiki.theory.org/index.php/BitTorrentSpecification: (optional) the creation time of
 	// the torrent, in standard UNIX epoch format (integer, seconds since 1-Jan-1970 00:00:00 UTC)
diff --git a/metainfo/metainfo_test.go b/metainfo/metainfo_test.go
index ee01c505ec68d6b4763b306eaee7f88c602fa62f..d1a6c356c42fa83d304f754e22db963edfdfdea7 100644
--- a/metainfo/metainfo_test.go
+++ b/metainfo/metainfo_test.go
@@ -153,3 +153,11 @@ func TestStringCreationDate(t *testing.T) {
 	var mi MetaInfo
 	assert.NoError(t, bencode.Unmarshal([]byte("d13:creation date23:29.03.2018 22:18:14 UTC4:infodee"), &mi))
 }
+
+// See https://github.com/anacrolix/torrent/issues/843.
+func TestUnmarshalEmptyStringNodes(t *testing.T) {
+	var mi MetaInfo
+	c := qt.New(t)
+	err := bencode.Unmarshal([]byte("d5:nodes0:e"), &mi)
+	c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
+}