diff --git a/aiochclient/_types.pyx b/aiochclient/_types.pyx
index 010489b..068aed1 100644
--- a/aiochclient/_types.pyx
+++ b/aiochclient/_types.pyx
@@ -556,7 +556,10 @@ cdef class MapType:
         self.value_type = what_py_type(tps[comma_index + 1:], container=True)
 
     cdef dict _convert(self, str string):
-        key, value = string[1:-1].split(':', 1)
+        splits = string[1:-1].split(':', 1)
+        if len(splits) < 2:
+            return {}
+        key, value = splits
         return {
             self.key_type.p_type(key): self.value_type.p_type(value)
         }
diff --git a/aiochclient/types.py b/aiochclient/types.py
index 5993a1e..88dd683 100644
--- a/aiochclient/types.py
+++ b/aiochclient/types.py
@@ -326,7 +326,10 @@ def __init__(self, name: str, **kwargs):
         self.value_type = what_py_type(tps[comma_index + 1 :], container=True)
 
     def p_type(self, string: str) -> dict:
-        key, value = string[1:-1].split(':', 1)
+        splits = string[1:-1].split(':', 1)
+        if len(splits) < 2:
+            return {}
+        key, value = splits
         return {
             self.key_type.p_type(key): self.value_type.p_type(value)
             
diff --git a/tests.py b/tests.py
index 50794d0..9a335e3 100644
--- a/tests.py
+++ b/tests.py
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ def rows(uuid):
             IPv6Address('2001:44c8:129:2632:33:0:252:2'),
             dt.datetime(2018, 9, 21, 10, 32, 23, 999000),
             True,
+            {},
             {"hello": "world {' and other things"},
             {"hello": {"inner": "world {' and other things"}},
             {'key1': {'key2': [uuid]}},
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ def rows(uuid):
             None,
             dt.datetime(2019, 1, 1, 3, 0),
             False,
+            {},
             {"hello": "world {'"},
             {"hello": {"inner": "world {'"}},
             {'key1': {'key2': [uuid, uuid, uuid]}},
@@ -221,6 +223,7 @@ async def all_types_db(chclient, rows):
                             ipv6 Nullable(IPv6),
                             datetime64 DateTime64(3, 'Europe/Moscow'),
                             bool Bool,
+                            empty_map Map(String, String),
                             map Map(String, String),
                             map_map Map(String, Map(String, String)),
                             map_map_array_uuid Map(String, Map(String, Array(UUID))),
@@ -915,6 +918,19 @@ async def test_named_tuples(self):
         assert round(result[0]) == 1
         assert round(result[1]) == 2
 
+    async def test_empty_map(self):
+        # Test empty map field value
+        assert await self.select_field("empty_map") == {}
+        record = await self.select_record("empty_map")
+        assert record[0] == {}
+        assert record["empty_map"] == {}
+
+        # Test empty map bytes representation
+        assert await self.select_field_bytes("empty_map") == b"{}"
+        record = await self.select_record_bytes("empty_map")
+        assert record[0] == b"{}"
+        assert record["empty_map"] == b"{}"
+
 
 @pytest.mark.fetching
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures("class_chclient")