diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1959896..5cb92a3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM ghcr.io/planetscale/ghcommit:v0.0.9 AS ghcommit
+FROM ghcr.io/planetscale/ghcommit:v0.1.0 AS ghcommit
 
 FROM alpine:3.17 AS base
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 10f99e3..81dbb46 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
       # Run steps that make changes to the local repo here.
 
       # Commit all changed files back to the repository
-      - uses: planetscale/ghcommit-action@v0.0.6
+      - uses: planetscale/ghcommit-action@v0.1.0
         with:
           commit_message: "🤖 fmt"
           repo: ${{ github.repository }}
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ jobs:
 
 Example showing all options:
 
-
 ```yaml
-      - uses: planetscale/ghcommit-action@v0.0.6
+      - uses: planetscale/ghcommit-action@v0.1.0
         with:
           commit_message: "🤖 fmt"
           repo: ${{ github.repository }}
           branch: ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
+          empty: true
           file_pattern: '*.txt *.md *.json *.hcl'
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
diff --git a/action.yaml b/action.yaml
index 98ab3ec..14aa41c 100644
--- a/action.yaml
+++ b/action.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-name: 'Commit git changes'
-description: 'Commit git changes directly to GitHub using the GraphQL API'
+name: "Commit git changes"
+description: "Commit git changes directly to GitHub using the GraphQL API"
 
 branding:
-  color: 'orange'
-  icon: 'git-commit'
+  color: "orange"
+  icon: "git-commit"
 
 inputs:
   commit_message:
@@ -15,16 +15,21 @@ inputs:
   branch:
     description: The name of the branch to commit to.
     required: true
+  empty:
+    description: Allow making an empty commit if there are no changes.
+    required: false
+    default: "false"
   file_pattern:
     description: File pattern used for `git add`. For example `src/*.js`
     required: false
-    default: '.'
+    default: "."
 
 runs:
-  using: 'docker'
-  image: 'Dockerfile'
+  using: "docker"
+  image: "Dockerfile"
   args:
     - ${{ inputs.commit_message }}
     - ${{ inputs.repo }}
     - ${{ inputs.branch }}
+    - ${{ inputs.empty }}
     - ${{ inputs.file_pattern }}
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 7ed51f0..d13817a 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ set -euo pipefail
 COMMIT_MESSAGE="${1:?Missing commit_message input}"
 REPO="${2:?Missing repo input}"
 BRANCH="${3:?Missing branch input}"
-FILE_PATTERN="${4:?Missing file_pattern input}"
+EMPTY="${4:-false}"
+FILE_PATTERN="${5:?Missing file_pattern input}"
 
 git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
 
@@ -37,14 +38,21 @@ while IFS= read -r -d $'\0' line; do
   #   'R  main.sh -> main.sh.new'
 done < <(git status -s --porcelain=v1 -z -- $FILE_PATTERN)
 
-if [[ "${#adds[@]}" -eq 0 && "${#deletes[@]}" -eq 0 ]]; then
+if [[ "${#adds[@]}" -eq 0 && "${#deletes[@]}" -eq 0 && "$EMPTY" == "false" ]]; then
   echo "No changes detected, exiting"
   exit 0
 fi
 
-ghcommit \
-  -b "$BRANCH" \
-  -r "$REPO" \
-  -m "$COMMIT_MESSAGE" \
-  "${adds[@]/#/--add=}" \
-  "${deletes[@]/#/--delete=}"
\ No newline at end of file
+ghcommit_args=()
+ghcommit_args+=(-b "$BRANCH")
+ghcommit_args+=(-r "$REPO")
+ghcommit_args+=(-m "$COMMIT_MESSAGE")
+
+if [[ "$EMPTY" =~ ^(true|1|yes)$ ]]; then
+  ghcommit_args+=(--empty)
+fi
+
+ghcommit_args+=("${adds[@]/#/--add=}")
+ghcommit_args+=("${deletes[@]/#/--delete=}")
+
+ghcommit "${ghcommit_args[@]}"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/entrypoint.bats b/tests/entrypoint.bats
index cbd07db..34c0b9d 100644
--- a/tests/entrypoint.bats
+++ b/tests/entrypoint.bats
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ setup() {
   local commit_message='msg'
   local repo='org/repo'
   local branch='main'
+  local empty='false'
   local file_pattern='.'
 
   stub git \
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ setup() {
   stub ghcommit \
     '-b main -r org/repo -m msg --add=README.md --add=foo.txt --delete=\""a path with spaces oh joy/file.txt\"" : echo Success'
 
-  run ./entrypoint.sh "$commit_message" "$repo" "$branch" "$file_pattern"
+  run ./entrypoint.sh "$commit_message" "$repo" "$branch" "$empty" "$file_pattern"
   assert_success
   assert_output --partial "Success"
 }
@@ -32,13 +33,33 @@ setup() {
   local commit_message='msg'
   local repo='org/repo'
   local branch='main'
+  local empty='false'
   local file_pattern='.'
 
   stub git \
     "config --global --add safe.directory $GITHUB_WORKSPACE : echo stubbed" \
     "status -s --porcelain=v1 -z -- . : echo"
 
-  run ./entrypoint.sh "$commit_message" "$repo" "$branch" "$file_pattern"
+  run ./entrypoint.sh "$commit_message" "$repo" "$branch" "$empty" "$file_pattern"
   assert_success
   assert_output --partial "No changes detected"
 }
+
+@test "no changes with --empty flag creates empty commit" {
+  local commit_message='msg'
+  local repo='org/repo'
+  local branch='main'
+  local empty='true'
+  local file_pattern='.'
+
+  stub git \
+    "config --global --add safe.directory $GITHUB_WORKSPACE : echo stubbed" \
+    "status -s --porcelain=v1 -z -- . : echo"
+
+  stub ghcommit \
+    '-b main -r org/repo -m msg --empty : echo Success'
+
+  run ./entrypoint.sh "$commit_message" "$repo" "$branch" "$empty" "$file_pattern"
+  assert_success
+  assert_output --partial "Success"
+}