diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c3ed0ed..7444f96 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Fix ELF firmware parsing error, #77
+
 ## [0.1.0] - 2024-11-11
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/firmware.rs b/src/firmware.rs
index b831626..e489403 100644
--- a/src/firmware.rs
+++ b/src/firmware.rs
@@ -196,6 +196,11 @@ pub fn read_elf(elf_data: &[u8]) -> Result<Firmware> {
 
         let flags = segment.p_flags(endian);
 
+        // The number of bytes in the file image of the segment, which can be zero.
+        if segment.p_filesz(endian) == 0 {
+            // skip empty segment
+            continue;
+        }
         let segment_data = segment
             .data(endian, elf_data)
             .map_err(|_| anyhow::format_err!("Failed to access data for an ELF segment."))?;