diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b80d9bce..9359c9ba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## 4.1.7
+  - Fixed issue where on restart, 0 byte files could erroneously be uploaded to s3 [#195](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-s3/issues/195)
+
 ## 4.1.6
   - Fixed leak of file handles that prevented temporary files from being cleaned up before pipeline restart [#190](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-s3/issues/190)
 
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 32cc6fbb..f4610bdb 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@ if Dir.exist?(logstash_path) && use_logstash_source
   gem 'logstash-core', :path => "#{logstash_path}/logstash-core"
   gem 'logstash-core-plugin-api', :path => "#{logstash_path}/logstash-core-plugin-api"
 end
+
+if RUBY_VERSION == "1.9.3"
+  gem 'rake', '12.2.1'
+end
diff --git a/lib/logstash/outputs/s3.rb b/lib/logstash/outputs/s3.rb
index 6de2939f..1a9a2726 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/outputs/s3.rb
+++ b/lib/logstash/outputs/s3.rb
@@ -385,8 +385,12 @@ def restore_from_crash
       .select { |file| ::File.file?(file) }
       .each do |file|
       temp_file = TemporaryFile.create_from_existing_file(file, temp_folder_path)
-      @logger.debug("Recovering from crash and uploading", :file => temp_file.path)
-      @crash_uploader.upload_async(temp_file, :on_complete => method(:clean_temporary_file), :upload_options => upload_options)
+      if temp_file.size > 0
+        @logger.debug("Recovering from crash and uploading", :file => temp_file.path)
+        @crash_uploader.upload_async(temp_file, :on_complete => method(:clean_temporary_file), :upload_options => upload_options)
+      else
+        clean_temporary_file(temp_file)
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/logstash-output-s3.gemspec b/logstash-output-s3.gemspec
index 788fa23b..649097a1 100644
--- a/logstash-output-s3.gemspec
+++ b/logstash-output-s3.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name            = 'logstash-output-s3'
-  s.version         = '4.1.6'
+  s.version         = '4.1.7'
   s.licenses        = ['Apache-2.0']
   s.summary         = "Sends Logstash events to the Amazon Simple Storage Service"
   s.description     = "This gem is a Logstash plugin required to be installed on top of the Logstash core pipeline using $LS_HOME/bin/logstash-plugin install gemname. This gem is not a stand-alone program"
diff --git a/spec/integration/restore_from_crash_spec.rb b/spec/integration/restore_from_crash_spec.rb
index bc965cf4..f65bb228 100644
--- a/spec/integration/restore_from_crash_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/restore_from_crash_spec.rb
@@ -11,29 +11,56 @@
 
   let(:number_of_files) { 5 }
   let(:dummy_content) { "foobar\n" * 100 }
+  let(:factory) { LogStash::Outputs::S3::TemporaryFileFactory.new(prefix, tags, "none", temporary_directory)}
 
   before do
     clean_remote_files(prefix)
-    # Use the S3 factory to create mutliples files with dummy content
-    factory = LogStash::Outputs::S3::TemporaryFileFactory.new(prefix, tags, "none", temporary_directory)
+  end
 
-    # Creating a factory always create a file
-    factory.current.write(dummy_content)
-    factory.current.fsync
 
-    (number_of_files - 1).times do
-      factory.rotate!
+  context 'with a non-empty tempfile' do
+    before do
+      # Creating a factory always create a file
       factory.current.write(dummy_content)
       factory.current.fsync
+
+      (number_of_files - 1).times do
+        factory.rotate!
+        factory.current.write(dummy_content)
+        factory.current.fsync
+      end
+    end
+    it "uploads the file to the bucket" do
+      subject.register
+      try(20) do
+        expect(bucket_resource.objects(:prefix => prefix).count).to eq(number_of_files)
+        expect(Dir.glob(File.join(temporary_directory, "*")).size).to eq(0)
+        expect(bucket_resource.objects(:prefix => prefix).first.acl.grants.collect(&:permission)).to include("READ", "WRITE")
+      end
     end
   end
 
-  it "uploads the file to the bucket" do
-    subject.register
-    try(20) do
-      expect(bucket_resource.objects(:prefix => prefix).count).to eq(number_of_files)
-      expect(Dir.glob(File.join(temporary_directory, "*")).size).to eq(0)
-      expect(bucket_resource.objects(:prefix => prefix).first.acl.grants.collect(&:permission)).to include("READ", "WRITE")
+  context 'with an empty tempfile' do
+    before do
+      factory.current
+      factory.rotate!
+    end
+
+    it "should remove the temporary file" do
+      expect(Dir.glob(::File.join(temporary_directory, "**", "*")).size).to be > 0
+      subject.register
+      puts Dir.glob(::File.join(temporary_directory, "**", "*"))
+      expect(Dir.glob(::File.join(temporary_directory, "**", "*")).size).to eq(0)
+    end
+
+    it "should not upload the file to the bucket" do
+      expect(bucket_resource.objects(:prefix => prefix).count).to eq(0)
+      expect(Dir.glob(::File.join(temporary_directory, "**", "*")).size).to be > 0
+      subject.register
+
+      # Sleep to give enough time for plugin upload to s3 if it attempts to upload empty temporary file to S3
+      sleep 5
+      expect(bucket_resource.objects(:prefix => prefix).count).to eq(0)
     end
   end
 end