diff --git a/ext/fts3/fts3_write.c b/ext/fts3/fts3_write.c
index 021d7c3c33..bdf8f87fdb 100644
--- a/ext/fts3/fts3_write.c
+++ b/ext/fts3/fts3_write.c
@@ -5329,6 +5329,7 @@ int sqlite3Fts3IntegrityCheck(Fts3Table *p, int *pbOk){
   u64 cksum1 = 0;                 /* Checksum based on FTS index contents */
   u64 cksum2 = 0;                 /* Checksum based on %_content contents */
   sqlite3_stmt *pAllLangid = 0;   /* Statement to return all language-ids */
+  int bContentless = (p->zContentTbl && p->zContentTbl[0]=='\0');
 
   /* This block calculates the checksum according to the FTS index. */
   rc = fts3SqlStmt(p, SQL_SELECT_ALL_LANGID, &pAllLangid, 0);
@@ -5348,7 +5349,7 @@ int sqlite3Fts3IntegrityCheck(Fts3Table *p, int *pbOk){
   }
 
   /* This block calculates the checksum according to the %_content table */
-  if( rc==SQLITE_OK ){
+  if( rc==SQLITE_OK && !bContentless ){
     sqlite3_tokenizer_module const *pModule = p->pTokenizer->pModule;
     sqlite3_stmt *pStmt = 0;
     char *zSql;
@@ -5406,7 +5407,7 @@ int sqlite3Fts3IntegrityCheck(Fts3Table *p, int *pbOk){
     rc = SQLITE_OK;
     *pbOk = 0;
   }else{
-    *pbOk = (rc==SQLITE_OK && cksum1==cksum2);
+    *pbOk = (rc==SQLITE_OK && (bContentless || cksum1==cksum2));
   }
   return rc;
 }
diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 6a44de84ee..ef0f6c9b4e 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Change\sthe\sway\sthe\ssession\smodule\sapplies\schangesets\scontaining\stwo\sor\smore\sUPDATE\schanges\sthat\sform\sa\sdependency\sloop\sin\sorder\sto\savoid\striggering\sON\sDELETE\sCASCADE\sactions.
-D 2026-10-01T16:48:03.866
+C Fix\sintegrity-check\sfails\sthat\swould\soccur\sif\sthe\sdatabase\scontained\sa\scontentless\sfts4\stable.\sReport\s[bugs:/info/2026-10-02T12:22:03Z\s|\s2026-10-02T12:22:03Z].
+D 2026-10-02T14:33:50.451
 F .fossil-settings/binary-glob 61195414528fb3ea9693577e1980230d78a1f8b0a54c78cf1b9b24d0a409ed6a x
 F .fossil-settings/empty-dirs dbb81e8fc0401ac46a1491ab34a7f2c7c0452f2f06b54ebb845d024ca8283ef1
 F .fossil-settings/ignore-glob 35175cdfcf539b2318cb04a9901442804be81cd677d8b889fcc9149c21f239ea
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ F ext/fts3/fts3_tokenizer.h 64c6ef6c5272c51ebe60fc607a896e84288fcbc3
 F ext/fts3/fts3_tokenizer1.c c1de4ae28356ad98ccb8b2e3388a7fdcce7607b5523738c9afb6275dab765154
 F ext/fts3/fts3_unicode.c de426ff05c1c2e7bce161cf6b706638419c3a1d9c2667de9cb9dc0458c18e226
 F ext/fts3/fts3_unicode2.c 416eb7e1e81142703520d284b768ca2751d40e31fa912cae24ba74860532bf0f
-F ext/fts3/fts3_write.c 414cec5ccb3c24afe66e666f712c459132140050b082cc998c28ac213f6b02f9
+F ext/fts3/fts3_write.c 424a54187c6a60203c00abd92c575d4b4f3d01163897b3b7355b1a0e49086508
 F ext/fts3/fts3speed.tcl b54caf6a18d38174f1a6e84219950d85e98bb1e9
 F ext/fts3/tool/fts3cov.sh c331d006359456cf6f8f953e37f2b9c7d568f3863f00bb5f7eb87fea4ac01b73
 F ext/fts3/tool/fts3view.c 4fea96ea2c2d434acb50f30554c30de23eeed5847fe4656470e2ebe5113e4d58
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ F test/fts3tok_err.test 52273cd193b9036282f7bacb43da78c6be87418d
 F test/fts3varint.test 0b84a3fd4eba8a39f3687523804d18f3b322e6d4539a55bf342079c3614f2ada
 F test/fts4aa.test 0e6bfd6a81695a39b23e448dda25d864e63dda75bde6949c45ddc95426c6c3f5
 F test/fts4check.test f0ea5e5581951d8ef7a341eea14486daf6c5f516a2f3273b0d5e8cb8a6cd3bd2
-F test/fts4content.test 7f441866207f5b1e76e0f18bde5d9925d1ee8f60388054613dd14a29a79f0bc4
+F test/fts4content.test 1bd518b1fed857d875ff2bda2c55971080878a29c18171eb43258d5758502d3a
 F test/fts4docid.test e33c383cfbdff0284685604d256f347a18fdbf01
 F test/fts4growth.test 289833c34ad45a5e6e6133b53b6a71647231fb89d36ddcb8d9c87211b6721d7f
 F test/fts4growth2.test 13ad4e76451af6e6906c95cdc725d01b00044269
@@ -2278,9 +2278,8 @@ F tool/warnings-clang.sh bbf6a1e685e534c92ec2bfba5b1745f34fb6f0bc2a362850723a9ee
 F tool/warnings.sh a554d13f6e5cf3760f041b87939e3d616ec6961859c3245e8ef701d1eafc2ca2
 F tool/win/sqlite.vsix deb315d026cc8400325c5863eef847784a219a2f
 F tool/winmain.c 00c8fb88e365c9017db14c73d3c78af62194d9644feaf60e220ab0f411f3604c
-P 92709f54d4c58cf174f305b58971a01878af313157a11549b588a25216701f5c 05acfd4dc9a31b9437b44cd8ca13df9f0c54d53af05d601bde537303dff92435
-R 01b4f9c6adac20ba9a351cd0e8678cd1
-T +closed 05acfd4dc9a31b9437b44cd8ca13df9f0c54d53af05d601bde537303dff92435
+P 99aab2c99220a3814124a57653e6627aa91c24459bf4eb87e69c9ed0b3378a0c
+R 09f79f8f3e6531210ce5a559571d7e2a
 U dan
-Z 51b291a22181f1e943012b3024ddbf15
+Z 2851b7404766dff34f76803f1668fc50
 # Remove this line to create a well-formed Fossil manifest.
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 4188e219eb..c6971e3519 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-99aab2c99220a3814124a57653e6627aa91c24459bf4eb87e69c9ed0b3378a0c
+ca8de9a30484d26739a09c972c525a1ae6edcce41b0f3c612805836b894c7a26
diff --git a/test/fts4content.test b/test/fts4content.test
index 8268e734a8..5676baab54 100644
--- a/test/fts4content.test
+++ b/test/fts4content.test
@@ -728,4 +728,40 @@ do_test 13.2.2 {
   } msg] $msg
 } {1 {(1) unsafe use of virtual table "aa"}}
 
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Test integrity-check on a contentless table.
+#
+reset_db
+do_execsql_test 14.0 {
+  CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE ft USING fts3(x, content='');
+}
+do_execsql_test 14.1 {
+  PRAGMA integrity_check
+} {ok}
+do_execsql_test 14.2 {
+  PRAGMA table_info = ft;
+} {
+  0 x       {} 0 {} 0
+  1 content {} 0 {} 0
+}
+
+do_execsql_test 14.3 {
+  CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE a USING fts4(x, content='');
+}
+do_execsql_test 14.4 {
+  PRAGMA table_info = a;
+} {
+  0 x       {} 0 {} 0
+}
+do_execsql_test 14.5 {
+  PRAGMA integrity_check
+} {ok}
+do_execsql_test 14.6 {
+  INSERT INTO a(rowid, x) VALUES(1, 'one two three');
+  INSERT INTO a(rowid, x) VALUES(2, 'three two one');
+} {}
+do_execsql_test 14.7 {
+  PRAGMA integrity_check
+} {ok}
+
 finish_test