diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c666d5f5..a166640c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## Unreleased
+### Fixed
+- Fix sources & scripts export for packages with empty source lists
 
 ## 0.28.1 - 2024-02-22
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/cmd/fusesoc.rs b/src/cmd/fusesoc.rs
index a52230c9..18e98199 100644
--- a/src/cmd/fusesoc.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/fusesoc.rs
@@ -82,18 +82,15 @@ pub fn run_single(sess: &Session, matches: &ArgMatches) -> Result<()> {
 
     let name = &sess.manifest.package.name;
 
-    let srcs = match &sess.manifest.sources {
-        Some(sources) => Ok(sess
-            .load_sources(
-                sources,
-                Some(name.as_str()),
-                sess.manifest.dependencies.keys().cloned().collect(),
-                IndexMap::new(),
-                version_string.clone(),
-            )
-            .flatten()),
-        None => Err(Error::new("Error in loading sources")),
-    }?;
+    let srcs = sess
+        .load_sources(
+            &sess.manifest.sources,
+            Some(name.as_str()),
+            sess.manifest.dependencies.keys().cloned().collect(),
+            IndexMap::new(),
+            version_string.clone(),
+        )
+        .flatten();
 
     let core_path = &sess.root.join(format!("{}.core", name));
 
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index a7d768ea..8d206679 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ pub struct Manifest {
     /// The dependencies.
     pub dependencies: IndexMap<String, Dependency>,
     /// The source files.
-    pub sources: Option<Sources>,
+    pub sources: Sources,
     /// The include directories exported to dependent packages.
     pub export_include_dirs: Vec<PathBuf>,
     /// The plugin binaries.
@@ -53,11 +53,7 @@ impl PrefixPaths for Manifest {
         Ok(Manifest {
             package: self.package,
             dependencies: self.dependencies.prefix_paths(prefix)?,
-            sources: self
-                .sources
-                .map_or(Ok::<Option<Sources>, Error>(None), |src| {
-                    Ok(Some(src.prefix_paths(prefix)?))
-                })?,
+            sources: self.sources.prefix_paths(prefix)?,
             export_include_dirs: self
                 .export_include_dirs
                 .into_iter()
@@ -355,7 +351,12 @@ impl Validate for PartialManifest {
         Ok(Manifest {
             package: pkg,
             dependencies: deps,
-            sources: srcs,
+            sources: srcs.unwrap_or(Sources {
+                target: TargetSpec::Wildcard,
+                include_dirs: vec![],
+                defines: IndexMap::new(),
+                files: vec![],
+            }),
             export_include_dirs: exp_inc_dirs
                 .iter()
                 .map(|path| env_path_from_string(path.to_string()))
diff --git a/src/sess.rs b/src/sess.rs
index 013e84d9..7cf20fe1 100644
--- a/src/sess.rs
+++ b/src/sess.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ use crate::config::{self, Config, Manifest};
 use crate::error::*;
 // use crate::future_throttle::FutureThrottle;
 use crate::git::Git;
+use crate::src::SourceFile::Group;
 use crate::src::SourceGroup;
 use crate::target::TargetSpec;
 use crate::util::try_modification_time;
@@ -1218,8 +1219,7 @@ impl<'io, 'sess: 'io, 'ctx: 'sess> SessionIo<'sess, 'ctx> {
                 let files = manifests
                     .into_iter()
                     .flatten()
-                    .filter_map(|m| {
-                        m.sources.as_ref().map(|s| {
+                    .map(|m| {
                             // Collect include dirs from export_include_dirs of package and direct dependencies
                             let mut export_include_dirs: IndexMap<String, IndexSet<&Path>> =
                                 IndexMap::new();
@@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ impl<'io, 'sess: 'io, 'ctx: 'sess> SessionIo<'sess, 'ctx> {
                             }
                             self.sess
                                 .load_sources(
-                                    s,
+                                    &m.sources,
                                     Some(m.package.name.as_str()),
                                     m.dependencies.keys().cloned().collect(),
                                     export_include_dirs,
@@ -1254,9 +1254,8 @@ impl<'io, 'sess: 'io, 'ctx: 'sess> SessionIo<'sess, 'ctx> {
                                         Err(_) => None,
                                     },
                                 )
-                                .into()
-                        })
                     })
+                    .map(|sg| Group(Box::new(sg)))
                     .collect();
 
                 // Create a source group for this rank.
diff --git a/src/src.rs b/src/src.rs
index 8c936d6a..17071eff 100644
--- a/src/src.rs
+++ b/src/src.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ impl<'ctx> SourceGroup<'ctx> {
                     let group = group.simplify();
 
                     // Discard empty groups.
-                    if group.files.is_empty() {
+                    if group.files.is_empty() && group.package.is_none() {
                         return None;
                     }