diff --git a/hspec-discover.cabal b/hspec-discover.cabal
--- a/hspec-discover.cabal
+++ b/hspec-discover.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:             hspec-discover
-version:          0.0.0
+version:          0.0.1
 license:          MIT
 license-file:     LICENSE
 copyright:        (c) 2012 Simon Hengel
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
       base >= 4 && <= 5
     , filepath
     , directory
+    , hspec == 1.1.*
 
 test-suite spec
   type:
diff --git a/src/Run.hs b/src/Run.hs
--- a/src/Run.hs
+++ b/src/Run.hs
@@ -131,12 +131,16 @@
       nestedSpecs <- forM dirs $ \d -> do
         let dir = base </> d
         SpecNode d False <$> (getFilesAndDirectories dir >>= go dir)
-      return $ combineSpecs (specsFromFiles files ++ nestedSpecs)
+      (return . filterSpecs . combineSpecs) (specsFromFiles files ++ nestedSpecs)
       where
         specsFromFiles = map (\x -> SpecNode (stripSuffix x) True []) . filter (isSuffixOf suffix)
           where
             suffix = "Spec.hs"
             stripSuffix = reverse . drop (length suffix) . reverse
+
+        -- remove empty leafs
+        filterSpecs :: [SpecNode] -> [SpecNode]
+        filterSpecs = filter (\x -> specNodeInhabited x || (not . null . specNodeChildren) x)
 
         -- sort specs, and merge nodes with the same name
         combineSpecs :: [SpecNode] -> [SpecNode]