diff --git a/src/Core/Hydra/Serializer/CollectionNormalizer.php b/src/Core/Hydra/Serializer/CollectionNormalizer.php
index f6889d2ccfe..468c29f82a9 100644
--- a/src/Core/Hydra/Serializer/CollectionNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Core/Hydra/Serializer/CollectionNormalizer.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 use ApiPlatform\Core\JsonLd\ContextBuilderInterface;
 use ApiPlatform\Core\JsonLd\Serializer\JsonLdContextTrait;
 use ApiPlatform\Core\Serializer\ContextTrait;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\AbstractObjectNormalizer;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\CacheableSupportsMethodInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\NormalizerAwareInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\NormalizerAwareTrait;
@@ -78,6 +79,9 @@ public function supportsNormalization($data, $format = null)
     public function normalize($object, $format = null, array $context = [])
     {
         if (!isset($context['resource_class']) || isset($context['api_sub_level'])) {
+            if (($context[AbstractObjectNormalizer::PRESERVE_EMPTY_OBJECTS] ?? false) && $object instanceof \Countable && 0 === $object->count()) {
+                return $object;
+            }
             return $this->normalizeRawCollection($object, $format, $context);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Core/Serializer/AbstractCollectionNormalizer.php b/src/Core/Serializer/AbstractCollectionNormalizer.php
index 1c298d43388..4591e43a471 100644
--- a/src/Core/Serializer/AbstractCollectionNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Core/Serializer/AbstractCollectionNormalizer.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 use ApiPlatform\Core\DataProvider\PartialPaginatorInterface;
 use ApiPlatform\Core\Metadata\Resource\Factory\ResourceMetadataFactoryInterface;
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Resource\Factory\ResourceMetadataCollectionFactoryInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\AbstractObjectNormalizer;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\CacheableSupportsMethodInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\NormalizerAwareInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\NormalizerAwareTrait;
@@ -79,6 +80,9 @@ public function hasCacheableSupportsMethod(): bool
     public function normalize($object, $format = null, array $context = [])
     {
         if (!isset($context['resource_class']) || isset($context['api_sub_level'])) {
+            if (($context[AbstractObjectNormalizer::PRESERVE_EMPTY_OBJECTS] ?? false) && $object instanceof \Countable && 0 === $object->count()) {
+                return $object;
+            }
             return $this->normalizeRawCollection($object, $format, $context);
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/Core/Hydra/Serializer/CollectionNormalizerTest.php b/tests/Core/Hydra/Serializer/CollectionNormalizerTest.php
index b1b789531c7..94da8942d71 100644
--- a/tests/Core/Hydra/Serializer/CollectionNormalizerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Core/Hydra/Serializer/CollectionNormalizerTest.php
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 use ApiPlatform\Tests\Fixtures\NotAResource;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use Prophecy\Argument;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\AbstractObjectNormalizer;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\NormalizerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\SerializerInterface;
 
@@ -256,6 +257,27 @@ public function testNormalizeSubLevelNonResourceCollection()
         ], $actual);
     }
 
+    public function testPreserveEmptyObject()
+    {
+        $data = new \ArrayObject();
+
+        $contextBuilderProphecy = $this->prophesize(ContextBuilderInterface::class);
+        $resourceClassResolverProphecy = $this->prophesize(ResourceClassResolverInterface::class);
+        $iriConverterProphecy = $this->prophesize(IriConverterInterface::class);
+
+        $normalizer = new CollectionNormalizer($contextBuilderProphecy->reveal(), $resourceClassResolverProphecy->reveal(), $iriConverterProphecy->reveal());
+
+        $actual = $normalizer->normalize($data, CollectionNormalizer::FORMAT, [
+            AbstractObjectNormalizer::PRESERVE_EMPTY_OBJECTS => true
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertSame($data, $actual);
+
+        $actual = $normalizer->normalize($data, CollectionNormalizer::FORMAT, []);
+
+        $this->assertSame([], $actual);
+    }
+
     public function testNormalizePaginator()
     {
         $this->assertEquals(
diff --git a/tests/Core/JsonApi/Serializer/CollectionNormalizerTest.php b/tests/Core/JsonApi/Serializer/CollectionNormalizerTest.php
index c9c48bb6750..91861596a93 100644
--- a/tests/Core/JsonApi/Serializer/CollectionNormalizerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Core/JsonApi/Serializer/CollectionNormalizerTest.php
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 use ApiPlatform\Core\Tests\ProphecyTrait;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\AbstractObjectNormalizer;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\NormalizerInterface;
 
 /**
@@ -338,4 +339,24 @@ public function testNormalizeWithoutDataKey()
             'resource_class' => 'Foo',
         ]);
     }
+
+    public function testPreserveEmptyObject()
+    {
+        $data = new \ArrayObject();
+
+        $resourceClassResolverProphecy = $this->prophesize(ResourceClassResolverInterface::class);
+        $resourceMetadataFactoryProphecy = $this->prophesize(ResourceMetadataFactoryInterface::class);
+
+        $normalizer = new CollectionNormalizer($resourceClassResolverProphecy->reveal(), 'page', $resourceMetadataFactoryProphecy->reveal());
+
+        $actual = $normalizer->normalize($data, CollectionNormalizer::FORMAT, [
+            AbstractObjectNormalizer::PRESERVE_EMPTY_OBJECTS => true
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertSame($data, $actual);
+
+        $actual = $normalizer->normalize($data, CollectionNormalizer::FORMAT, []);
+
+        $this->assertSame([], $actual);
+    }
 }