diff --git a/googleapiclient/http.py b/googleapiclient/http.py
index f272ba8..fdce194 100644
--- a/googleapiclient/http.py
+++ b/googleapiclient/http.py
@@ -1288,6 +1288,9 @@
       httplib2.HttpLib2Error if a transport error has occured.
       googleapiclient.errors.BatchError if the response is the wrong format.
     """
+    # If we have no requests return
+    if len(self._order) == 0:
+      return None
 
     # If http is not supplied use the first valid one given in the requests.
     if http is None:
diff --git a/tests/test_http.py b/tests/test_http.py
index c12c7b1..6d296b6 100644
--- a/tests/test_http.py
+++ b/tests/test_http.py
@@ -766,6 +766,11 @@
     self.request1.resumable = upload
     self.assertRaises(BatchError, batch.add, self.request1, request_id='1')
 
+  def test_execute_empty_batch_no_http(self):
+    batch = BatchHttpRequest()
+    ret = batch.execute()
+    self.assertEqual(None, ret)
+
   def test_execute(self):
     batch = BatchHttpRequest()
     callbacks = Callbacks()