diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index da37187d..b2c73dac 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ PlatformIO Core 5
 
   - Upgraded build engine to the SCons 4.2 (`release notes <https://github.com/SCons/scons/blob/rel_4.2.0/CHANGES.txt>`__)
   - Fixed an issue with broken binary file extension when a custom ``PROGNAME`` contains dot symbols (`issue #3906 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/3906>`_)
+  - Fixed an issue when PlatformIO archives a library that does not contain C/C++ source files (`issue #4019 <https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/issues/4019>`_)
 
 * **Static Code Analysis**
 
diff --git a/platformio/builder/tools/platformio.py b/platformio/builder/tools/platformio.py
index c3acf555..304c5bae 100644
--- a/platformio/builder/tools/platformio.py
+++ b/platformio/builder/tools/platformio.py
@@ -348,9 +348,10 @@ def BuildFrameworks(env, frameworks):
 
 def BuildLibrary(env, variant_dir, src_dir, src_filter=None):
     env.ProcessUnFlags(env.get("BUILD_UNFLAGS"))
-    return env.StaticLibrary(
-        env.subst(variant_dir), env.CollectBuildFiles(variant_dir, src_dir, src_filter)
-    )
+    nodes = env.CollectBuildFiles(variant_dir, src_dir, src_filter)
+    if nodes:
+        return env.StaticLibrary(env.subst(variant_dir), nodes)
+    return env.BuildSources(variant_dir, src_dir, src_filter)
 
 
 def BuildSources(env, variant_dir, src_dir, src_filter=None):