diff --git a/src/rougail/xmlreflector.py b/src/rougail/xmlreflector.py
index 48bf50bb4..19e7831d1 100644
--- a/src/rougail/xmlreflector.py
+++ b/src/rougail/xmlreflector.py
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ class XMLReflector:
             filenames = [join(xmlfolder, filename) for filename in listdir(xmlfolder) if \
                          filename.endswith('.xml')]
             filenames.sort()
+            if not filenames:
+                raise DictConsistencyError(_('there is no XML file'), 77, [xmlfolder])
             for xmlfile in filenames:
                 try:
                     document = parse(xmlfile)
diff --git a/tests/dictionaries/80empty_dir/__init__.py b/tests/dictionaries/80empty_dir/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tests/dictionaries/80empty_dir/errno_77 b/tests/dictionaries/80empty_dir/errno_77
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tests/test_upgrade.py b/tests/test_upgrade.py
index 629261bc6..5cd5aa119 100644
--- a/tests/test_upgrade.py
+++ b/tests/test_upgrade.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def launch_test(test_dir):
     except Exception as err:
         # import traceback
         # traceback.print_exc()
-        print(f'cannot convert {test_dir}: {err}')
+        # print(f'cannot convert {test_dir}: {err}')
         rmtree(new_dest_dir)
         copytree(test_dir, new_dest_dir)
         return