diff --git a/lib/checks/aria/required-children.js b/lib/checks/aria/required-children.js
index 8183bc1d4f..2151908d6e 100644
--- a/lib/checks/aria/required-children.js
+++ b/lib/checks/aria/required-children.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const requiredOwned = axe.commons.aria.requiredOwned;
 const implicitNodes = axe.commons.aria.implicitNodes;
 const matchesSelector = axe.utils.matchesSelector;
 const idrefs = axe.commons.dom.idrefs;
+const hasContentVirtual = axe.commons.dom.hasContentVirtual;
 const reviewEmpty =
 	options && Array.isArray(options.reviewEmpty) ? options.reviewEmpty : [];
 
@@ -94,6 +95,19 @@ function missingRequiredChildren(node, childRoles, all, role) {
 	return null;
 }
 
+function hasDecendantWithRole(node) {
+	return (
+		node.children &&
+		node.children.some(child => {
+			const role = axe.commons.aria.getRole(child);
+			return (
+				!['presentation', 'none', null].includes(role) ||
+				hasDecendantWithRole(child)
+			);
+		})
+	);
+}
+
 var role = node.getAttribute('role');
 var required = requiredOwned(role);
 
@@ -119,7 +133,8 @@ this.data(missing);
 // Only review empty nodes when a node is both empty and does not have an aria-owns relationship
 if (
 	reviewEmpty.includes(role) &&
-	node.children.length === 0 &&
+	!hasContentVirtual(virtualNode, false, true) &&
+	!hasDecendantWithRole(virtualNode) &&
 	idrefs(node, 'aria-owns').length === 0
 ) {
 	return undefined;
diff --git a/test/checks/aria/required-children.js b/test/checks/aria/required-children.js
index 959d561a4f..e447590bd4 100644
--- a/test/checks/aria/required-children.js
+++ b/test/checks/aria/required-children.js
@@ -342,5 +342,65 @@ describe('aria-required-children', function() {
 				checks['aria-required-children'].evaluate.apply(checkContext, params)
 			);
 		});
+
+		it('should return undefined when the element has empty children', function() {
+			var params = checkSetup(
+				'<div role="listbox" id="target"><div></div></div>'
+			);
+			params[1] = {
+				reviewEmpty: ['listbox']
+			};
+			assert.isUndefined(
+				checks['aria-required-children'].evaluate.apply(checkContext, params)
+			);
+		});
+
+		it('should return false when the element has empty child with role', function() {
+			var params = checkSetup(
+				'<div role="listbox" id="target"><div role="grid"></div></div>'
+			);
+			params[1] = {
+				reviewEmpty: ['listbox']
+			};
+			assert.isFalse(
+				checks['aria-required-children'].evaluate.apply(checkContext, params)
+			);
+		});
+
+		it('should return undefined when the element has empty child with role=presentation', function() {
+			var params = checkSetup(
+				'<div role="listbox" id="target"><div role="presentation"></div></div>'
+			);
+			params[1] = {
+				reviewEmpty: ['listbox']
+			};
+			assert.isUndefined(
+				checks['aria-required-children'].evaluate.apply(checkContext, params)
+			);
+		});
+
+		it('should return undefined when the element has empty child with role=none', function() {
+			var params = checkSetup(
+				'<div role="listbox" id="target"><div role="none"></div></div>'
+			);
+			params[1] = {
+				reviewEmpty: ['listbox']
+			};
+			assert.isUndefined(
+				checks['aria-required-children'].evaluate.apply(checkContext, params)
+			);
+		});
+
+		it('should return undefined when the element has empty child and aria-label', function() {
+			var params = checkSetup(
+				'<div role="listbox" id="target" aria-label="listbox"><div></div></div>'
+			);
+			params[1] = {
+				reviewEmpty: ['listbox']
+			};
+			assert.isUndefined(
+				checks['aria-required-children'].evaluate.apply(checkContext, params)
+			);
+		});
 	});
 });
diff --git a/test/integration/rules/aria-required-children/aria-required-children.html b/test/integration/rules/aria-required-children/aria-required-children.html
index 857677e604..e3e913eda5 100644
--- a/test/integration/rules/aria-required-children/aria-required-children.html
+++ b/test/integration/rules/aria-required-children/aria-required-children.html
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@
 <div role="rowgroup" id="incomplete8"></div>
 <div role="doc-bibliography" id="incomplete9"></div>
 <div role="doc-endnotes" id="incomplete10"></div>
+<div role="listbox" id="incomplete11"><div></div></div>
diff --git a/test/integration/rules/aria-required-children/aria-required-children.json b/test/integration/rules/aria-required-children/aria-required-children.json
index 509b38c072..7030e1cbcb 100644
--- a/test/integration/rules/aria-required-children/aria-required-children.json
+++ b/test/integration/rules/aria-required-children/aria-required-children.json
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 		["#incomplete7"],
 		["#incomplete8"],
 		["#incomplete9"],
-		["#incomplete10"]
+		["#incomplete10"],
+		["#incomplete11"]
 	]
 }