diff --git a/tests/cases/single_shape/README.md b/tests/cases/single_shape/README.md
index 233f8f5..9132663 100644
--- a/tests/cases/single_shape/README.md
+++ b/tests/cases/single_shape/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Test Cases with a Single Shape
 
-The test cases with a single shape consider the instances of the class `ClassA`.
+The test cases with a single shape consider the instances of the class `ClassA` except for case 9 which is testing a shape that has no matching instances in the data.
 
 The following cases are tested:
 1. One constraint with a minimal cardinality of `1`
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ The following cases are tested:
 6. Combination of two min constraints
 7. Combination of two max constraints
 8. Shape without constraints
+9. Shape without any matching instances in the data
diff --git a/tests/cases/single_shape/case9/definitions/case9.json b/tests/cases/single_shape/case9/definitions/case9.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1da8c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/single_shape/case9/definitions/case9.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "schemaDir": "./tests/cases/single_shape/case9/shapes/",
+  "groundTruth": {
+    "valid": [],
+    "invalid": []
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/cases/single_shape/case9/shapes/ClassX.json b/tests/cases/single_shape/case9/shapes/ClassX.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96ef20d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/single_shape/case9/shapes/ClassX.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "name": "ClassX",
+  "targetDef": {
+    "query": "SELECT ?x WHERE { ?x a test:ClassX }",
+    "class": "test:ClassX"
+  },
+  "prefix": {
+    "test": "<http://test.example.com/>"
+  },
+  "constraintDef": {
+    "conjunctions": [
+      [
+        { "path": "test:property0", "min": 1 }
+      ]
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/cases/single_shape/case9/shapes/ClassX.ttl b/tests/cases/single_shape/case9/shapes/ClassX.ttl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8b9c1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/single_shape/case9/shapes/ClassX.ttl
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+@prefix sh: <http://www.w3.org/ns/shacl#> .
+@prefix test: <http://test.example.com/> .
+@prefix : <http://test.example.com/shapes/> .
+
+:ClassX a sh:NodeShape;
+  sh:targetClass test:ClassX ;
+  sh:property [
+    sh:path test:property0 ;
+    sh:minCount 1
+  ] .