diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 81ef86c5..1fd1024b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 2.73.0
+
+* Correctly clip features down to nothing when the clip region doesn't intersect the tile at all
+
 # 2.72.0
 
 * Add --clip-polygon-file and --feature-filter-file options to tippecanoe-overzoom
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8679691b..2f522d00 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -439,6 +439,10 @@ overzoom-test: tippecanoe-overzoom
 	./tippecanoe-decode tests/pbf/countries-8-135-86-bigclip.pbf 8 135 86 > tests/pbf/countries-8-135-86-bigclip.json.check
 	cmp tests/pbf/countries-8-135-86-bigclip.json.check tests/pbf/countries-8-135-86-bigclip.json
 	rm tests/pbf/countries-8-135-86-bigclip.pbf tests/pbf/countries-8-135-86-bigclip.json.check
+	# Clip region that does not intersect with the tile
+	./tippecanoe-overzoom -o tests/pbf/squirrels-13-2413-3077-clip.pbf --clip-polygon-file tests/pbf/squirrels-clip.json tests/pbf/squirrels-13-2413-3077.pbf 13/2413/3077 13/2413/3077
+	cmp tests/pbf/squirrels-13-2413-3077-clip.pbf /dev/null  # clipped away
+	rm tests/pbf/squirrels-13-2413-3077-clip.pbf
 
 join-test: tippecanoe tippecanoe-decode tile-join
 	./tippecanoe -q -f -z12 -o tests/join-population/tabblock_06001420.mbtiles -YALAND10:'Land area' -L'{"file": "tests/join-population/tabblock_06001420.json", "description": "population"}'
diff --git a/overzoom.cpp b/overzoom.cpp
index 112f0187..c7eb922d 100644
--- a/overzoom.cpp
+++ b/overzoom.cpp
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	// clip the clip polygons, if any, to the tile bounds,
 	// to reduce their complexity
 
+	bool clipped_to_nothing = false;
 	if (clipbboxes.size() > 0) {
 		long long wx1 = (nx - buffer / 256.0) * (1LL << (32 - nz));
 		long long wy1 = (ny - buffer / 256.0) * (1LL << (32 - nz));
@@ -315,38 +316,47 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
 			if (c.dv.size() > 0) {
 				c.dv = clip_poly_poly(c.dv, tile_bounds);
+
+				if (c.dv.size() == 0) {
+					clipped_to_nothing = true;
+					break;
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	json_object *json_filter = NULL;
-	if (filter.size() > 0) {
-		json_filter = parse_filter(filter.c_str());
-	}
-
-	for (auto const &s : sources) {
-		std::string tile;
-		char buf[1000];
-		int len;
+	std::string out;
 
-		FILE *f = fopen(s.tile.c_str(), "rb");
-		if (f == NULL) {
-			perror(s.tile.c_str());
-			exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	if (!clipped_to_nothing) {
+		json_object *json_filter = NULL;
+		if (filter.size() > 0) {
+			json_filter = parse_filter(filter.c_str());
 		}
 
-		while ((len = fread(buf, sizeof(char), 1000, f)) > 0) {
-			tile.append(std::string(buf, len));
+		for (auto const &s : sources) {
+			std::string tile;
+			char buf[1000];
+			int len;
+
+			FILE *f = fopen(s.tile.c_str(), "rb");
+			if (f == NULL) {
+				perror(s.tile.c_str());
+				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+			}
+
+			while ((len = fread(buf, sizeof(char), 1000, f)) > 0) {
+				tile.append(std::string(buf, len));
+			}
+			fclose(f);
+
+			input_tile t = s;
+			t.tile = std::move(tile);
+			its.push_back(std::move(t));
 		}
-		fclose(f);
 
-		input_tile t = s;
-		t.tile = std::move(tile);
-		its.push_back(std::move(t));
+		out = overzoom(its, nz, nx, ny, detail, buffer, keep, exclude, exclude_prefix, do_compress, NULL, demultiply, json_filter, preserve_input_order, attribute_accum, unidecode_data, simplification, tiny_polygon_size, bins, bin_by_id_list, accumulate_numeric, SIZE_MAX, clipbboxes);
 	}
 
-	std::string out = overzoom(its, nz, nx, ny, detail, buffer, keep, exclude, exclude_prefix, do_compress, NULL, demultiply, json_filter, preserve_input_order, attribute_accum, unidecode_data, simplification, tiny_polygon_size, bins, bin_by_id_list, accumulate_numeric, SIZE_MAX, clipbboxes);
-
 	FILE *f = fopen(outfile, "wb");
 	if (f == NULL) {
 		perror(outfile);
diff --git a/platform.hpp b/platform.hpp
index a62d1cb5..7fa4033b 100644
--- a/platform.hpp
+++ b/platform.hpp
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ size_t calc_memsize();
 
 size_t get_max_open_files();
 
-constexpr const char *get_null_device() { return "/dev/null"; }
+constexpr const char *get_null_device() {
+	return "/dev/null";
+}
 
-#endif // PLATFORM_HPP
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif	// PLATFORM_HPP
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/pbf/squirrels-13-2413-3077.pbf b/tests/pbf/squirrels-13-2413-3077.pbf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20e02168
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/pbf/squirrels-13-2413-3077.pbf differ
diff --git a/tests/pbf/squirrels-clip.json b/tests/pbf/squirrels-clip.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef0e95fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pbf/squirrels-clip.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"coordinates":[[[-73.9722549,40.7904659],[-73.9755817,40.7674848],[-73.938783,40.767022],[-73.9457082,40.7791562],[-73.9628855,40.7760201],[-73.9629534,40.7914425],[-73.9722549,40.7904659]]],"crs":{"properties":{"name":"EPSG:4326"},"type":"name"},"type":"Polygon"}
diff --git a/version.hpp b/version.hpp
index bf022696..fac06ade 100644
--- a/version.hpp
+++ b/version.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef VERSION_HPP
 #define VERSION_HPP
 
-#define VERSION "v2.72.0"
+#define VERSION "v2.73.0"
 
 #endif