diff --git a/errors.go b/errors.go
index 1231f36..fe6f802 100644
--- a/errors.go
+++ b/errors.go
@@ -437,6 +437,9 @@ func Propagate(err error) error {
 // signature requires an error to test against, and checking against terrors would
 // requite creating a new terror with the specific code.
 func Is(err error, code ...string) bool {
+	if len(code) == 0 {
+		return false
+	}
 	switch err := err.(type) {
 	case *Error:
 		if err.PrefixMatches(code...) {
diff --git a/errors_test.go b/errors_test.go
index 5d2c230..c7ba4e2 100644
--- a/errors_test.go
+++ b/errors_test.go
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ func TestErrorConstructors(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			Unauthorized, "service.foo", "test params", map[string]string{
-			"some key":    "some value",
-			"another key": "another value",
-		}, ErrUnauthorized,
+				"some key":    "some value",
+				"another key": "another value",
+			}, ErrUnauthorized,
 		},
 		{
 			PreconditionFailed, "service.foo", "precondition_failed.service.foo", nil, ErrPreconditionFailed,
@@ -624,3 +624,14 @@ func TestCircularErrorProducesFiniteOutputWithoutStackFrames(t *testing.T) {
 	// There's no actual stack in the causal cycle, so we don't render anything here.
 	assert.Empty(t, ss)
 }
+func TestIsEmptyCodeReturnsFalse(t *testing.T) {
+	// For any terror error, calling Is(err) with no codes should be false
+	err := InternalService("x", "msg", nil)
+	if Is(err) {
+		t.Errorf("expected Is(err) to be false when no codes provided")
+	}
+	err2 := NotFound("y", "msg", nil)
+	if Is(err2) {
+		t.Errorf("expected Is(err2) to be false when no codes provided")
+	}
+}