diff --git a/packages/@react-stately/select/src/useSelectState.ts b/packages/@react-stately/select/src/useSelectState.ts
index 70e2c14802f..176cbf02bba 100644
--- a/packages/@react-stately/select/src/useSelectState.ts
+++ b/packages/@react-stately/select/src/useSelectState.ts
@@ -162,13 +162,13 @@ export function useSelectState<T extends object, M extends SelectionMode = 'sing
     focusStrategy,
     open(focusStrategy: FocusStrategy | null = null) {
       // Don't open if the collection is empty.
-      if (listState.collection.size !== 0) {
+      if (listState.collection.size !== 0 || props.allowsEmptyCollection) {
         setFocusStrategy(focusStrategy);
         triggerState.open();
       }
     },
     toggle(focusStrategy: FocusStrategy | null = null) {
-      if (listState.collection.size !== 0) {
+      if (listState.collection.size !== 0 || props.allowsEmptyCollection) {
         setFocusStrategy(focusStrategy);
         triggerState.toggle();
       }
diff --git a/packages/@react-types/select/src/index.d.ts b/packages/@react-types/select/src/index.d.ts
index 97a3366a065..374e5aa7cdb 100644
--- a/packages/@react-types/select/src/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/@react-types/select/src/index.d.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ export interface SelectProps<T, M extends SelectionMode = 'single'> extends Coll
   /** Sets the default open state of the menu. */
   defaultOpen?: boolean,
   /** Method that is called when the open state of the menu changes. */
-  onOpenChange?: (isOpen: boolean) => void
+  onOpenChange?: (isOpen: boolean) => void,
+  /** Whether the select should be allowed to be open when the collection is empty. */
+  allowsEmptyCollection?: boolean
 }
 
 export interface AriaSelectProps<T, M extends SelectionMode = 'single'> extends SelectProps<T, M>, DOMProps, AriaLabelingProps, FocusableDOMProps {