diff --git a/pungi/scripts/gather_modules.py b/pungi/scripts/gather_modules.py
index f3928727..8c19e95f 100644
--- a/pungi/scripts/gather_modules.py
+++ b/pungi/scripts/gather_modules.py
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ def collect_modules(modules_paths: List[BinaryIO], target_dir: str):
     module_defaults_path = os.path.join(target_dir, 'module_defaults')
     os.makedirs(modules_path, exist_ok=True)
     os.makedirs(module_defaults_path, exist_ok=True)
+    # Defaults modules can be empty, but pungi detects
+    # empty folder while copying and raises the exception in this case
+    Path(os.path.join(module_defaults_path, '.empty')).touch()
 
     for module_file in modules_paths:
         data = module_file.read()