diff --git a/cliff/formatters/table.py b/cliff/formatters/table.py
index 1813e3e7..43066b47 100644
--- a/cliff/formatters/table.py
+++ b/cliff/formatters/table.py
@@ -32,14 +32,18 @@ class TableLister(ListFormatter):
         # first row and set the alignment of the
         # output accordingly.
         data_iter = iter(data)
-        first_row = next(data_iter)
-        for value, name in zip(first_row, column_names):
-            alignment = self.ALIGNMENTS.get(type(value), 'l')
-            x.set_field_align(name, alignment)
-        # Now iterate over the data and add the rows.
-        x.add_row(first_row)
-        for row in data_iter:
-            x.add_row(row)
+        try:
+            first_row = next(data_iter)
+        except StopIteration:
+            pass
+        else:
+            for value, name in zip(first_row, column_names):
+                alignment = self.ALIGNMENTS.get(type(value), 'l')
+                x.set_field_align(name, alignment)
+            # Now iterate over the data and add the rows.
+            x.add_row(first_row)
+            for row in data_iter:
+                x.add_row(row)
         formatted = x.get_string(fields=(parsed_args.columns or column_names))
         stdout.write(formatted)
         stdout.write('\n')