diff --git a/integration_tests/list_test.ucg b/integration_tests/list_test.ucg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15de474
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration_tests/list_test.ucg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+let empty_list = [];
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/build/compile_test.rs b/src/build/compile_test.rs
index 146ab43..8e63c13 100644
--- a/src/build/compile_test.rs
+++ b/src/build/compile_test.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ fn test_tuples() {
     assert_build(include_str!("../../integration_tests/tuple_test.ucg"));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_lists() {
+    assert_build(include_str!("../../integration_tests/list_test.ucg"));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_comparisons() {
     assert_build(include_str!("../../integration_tests/comparisons_test.ucg"));
diff --git a/src/parse/mod.rs b/src/parse/mod.rs
index 57e0c24..ac6fd55 100644
--- a/src/parse/mod.rs
+++ b/src/parse/mod.rs
@@ -331,9 +331,9 @@ make_fn!(
     )
 );
 
-fn tuple_to_list<Sp: Into<Position>>(pos: Sp, elems: Vec<Expression>) -> Value {
+fn tuple_to_list<Sp: Into<Position>>(pos: Sp, elems: Option<Vec<Expression>>) -> Value {
     Value::List(ListDef {
-        elems: elems,
+        elems: elems.unwrap_or_else(|| Vec::new()),
         pos: pos.into(),
     })
 }
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ make_fn!(
     list_value<SliceIter<Token>, Value>,
     do_each!(
         start => punct!("["),
-        elements => separated!(punct!(","), expression),
+        elements => optional!(separated!(punct!(","), expression)),
         _ => optional!(punct!(",")), // nom's opt! macro doesn't preserve error types properly but this one does.
         _ => punct!("]"),
         (tuple_to_list(start.pos, elements))