diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMFiber-test.js b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMFiber-test.js
index a93dda6ce11e8..d38ee7e68f61a 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMFiber-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMFiber-test.js
@@ -171,6 +171,18 @@ describe('ReactDOMFiber', () => {
     expect(firstNode.tagName).toBe('DIV');
   });
 
+  it('renders an empty fragment', () => {
+    const EmptyFragment = () => <React.Fragment />;
+
+    let instance = null;
+    ReactDOM.render(<EmptyFragment />, container);
+
+    expect(container.childNodes.length).toBe(0);
+
+    const firstNode = ReactDOM.findDOMNode(instance);
+    expect(firstNode).toBe(null);
+  });
+
   let svgEls, htmlEls, mathEls;
   const expectSVG = {ref: el => svgEls.push(el)};
   const expectHTML = {ref: el => htmlEls.push(el)};
diff --git a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactChildFiber.js b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactChildFiber.js
index ae19577aa29c5..5276f750d421a 100644
--- a/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactChildFiber.js
+++ b/packages/react-reconciler/src/ReactChildFiber.js
@@ -1215,6 +1215,15 @@ function ChildReconciler(shouldTrackSideEffects) {
       newChild.key === null
     ) {
       newChild = newChild.props.children;
+
+      // In case of an empty fragment, this is undefined. Since we crash when
+      // undefined is reconciled, we replace this case with null.
+      if (typeof newChild === 'undefined') {
+        // The null declaration seems to change the `any` type of newChild for
+        // flow causing it to require a $$typeof property later.
+        // $FlowIssue
+        newChild = null;
+      }
     }
 
     // Handle object types