diff --git a/moto/s3/responses.py b/moto/s3/responses.py
index 6ba7a52c6..0815f3ee9 100644
--- a/moto/s3/responses.py
+++ b/moto/s3/responses.py
@@ -566,6 +566,8 @@ class ResponseObject(_TemplateEnvironmentMixin):
         keys = minidom.parseString(body).getElementsByTagName('Key')
         deleted_names = []
         error_names = []
+        if len(keys) == 0:
+            raise MalformedXML()
 
         for k in keys:
             key_name = k.firstChild.nodeValue
diff --git a/tests/test_s3/test_s3.py b/tests/test_s3/test_s3.py
index e2bcb109d..cd57fc92b 100644
--- a/tests/test_s3/test_s3.py
+++ b/tests/test_s3/test_s3.py
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ def test_delete_keys():
 
 
 @mock_s3_deprecated
-def test_delete_keys_with_invalid():
+def test_delete_keys_invalid():
     conn = boto.connect_s3('the_key', 'the_secret')
     bucket = conn.create_bucket('foobar')
 
@@ -648,6 +648,7 @@ def test_delete_keys_with_invalid():
     Key(bucket=bucket, name='file3').set_contents_from_string('abc')
     Key(bucket=bucket, name='file4').set_contents_from_string('abc')
 
+    # non-existing key case
     result = bucket.delete_keys(['abc', 'file3'])
 
     result.deleted.should.have.length_of(1)
@@ -656,6 +657,18 @@ def test_delete_keys_with_invalid():
     keys.should.have.length_of(3)
     keys[0].name.should.equal('file1')
 
+    # empty keys
+    result = bucket.delete_keys([])
+
+    result.deleted.should.have.length_of(0)
+    result.errors.should.have.length_of(0)
+
+@mock_s3
+def test_boto3_delete_empty_keys_list():
+    with assert_raises(ClientError) as err:
+        boto3.client('s3').delete_objects(Bucket='foobar', Delete={'Objects': []})
+    assert err.exception.response["Error"]["Code"] == "MalformedXML"
+
 
 @mock_s3_deprecated
 def test_bucket_name_with_dot():