metainfo/metainfo.go   |  2 +-
 metainfo/nodes_test.go | 11 +++++++++++

diff --git a/metainfo/metainfo.go b/metainfo/metainfo.go
index 55624e99c5db448f3ac2ed2e42df48b3f60e61bb..a27f4d515199fd6a47512ec675d45d63e9d2fdee 100644
--- a/metainfo/metainfo.go
+++ b/metainfo/metainfo.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ 	"github.com/anacrolix/torrent/bencode"
 )
 
 type MetaInfo struct {
-	InfoBytes    bencode.Bytes `bencode:"info"`
+	InfoBytes    bencode.Bytes `bencode:"info,omitempty"`
 	Announce     string        `bencode:"announce,omitempty"`
 	AnnounceList AnnounceList  `bencode:"announce-list,omitempty"`
 	Nodes        []Node        `bencode:"nodes,omitempty"`
diff --git a/metainfo/nodes_test.go b/metainfo/nodes_test.go
index 69bb9e6704964088321165876cfbf9cd9743f4ed..adebbb3670371b2f96de91e61de6a76fe82a5fd2 100644
--- a/metainfo/nodes_test.go
+++ b/metainfo/nodes_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package metainfo
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -61,3 +62,13 @@ 	// Should barf on the integer in the nodes list.
 	err := bencode.Unmarshal([]byte("d5:nodesl1:ai42eee"), &mi)
 	require.Error(t, err)
 }
+
+func TestMetainfoEmptyInfoBytes(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	require.NoError(t, (&MetaInfo{
+		// Include a non-empty field that comes after "info".
+		UrlList: []string{"hello"},
+	}).Write(&buf))
+	var mi MetaInfo
+	require.NoError(t, bencode.Unmarshal(buf.Bytes(), &mi))
+}