diff --git a/src/fallbacks.jl b/src/fallbacks.jl
index d911ac1..dbe655d 100644
--- a/src/fallbacks.jl
+++ b/src/fallbacks.jl
@@ -213,7 +213,8 @@ end
             WT = wrappedtype(eltype(rowitr))
             if WT <: Tuple
                 return allocatecolumns(Schema((Symbol("Column$i") for i = 1:fieldcount(WT)), _fieldtypes(WT)), 0)
-            elseif isconcretetype(WT) && fieldcount(WT) > 0
+            # special case Vector from base and view of this vector as we are sure they do not store rows of a table
+            elseif isconcretetype(WT) && fieldcount(WT) > 0 && !(WT <: Union{Vector, SubArray{<:Vector}})
                 return allocatecolumns(Schema(fieldnames(WT), _fieldtypes(WT)), 0)
             end
         end
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 832dc80..480a390 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ using Test, Tables, OrderedCollections, TableTraits, DataValues, QueryOperators,
     sch = Tables.Schema((), ())
     @test sch.names == ()
     @test sch.types == ()
+
+    # Empty vector of Vector or their view
+    @test Tables.columntable(Vector{Any}[]) == NamedTuple()
+    T = typeof(view(Vector{Any}[], :))
+    @test Tables.columntable(T[]) == NamedTuple()
 end
 
 @testset "namedtuples.jl" begin