diff --git a/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Core/EmptyRefs.cs b/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Core/EmptyRefs.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4dd4698b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Core/EmptyRefs.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.Core
+{
+	internal static class Empty
+	{
+#if NET45
+		internal static class EmptyArray<T>
+		{
+			public static readonly T[] Value = new T[0];
+		}
+
+		public static T[] Array<T>() => EmptyArray<T>.Value;
+#else
+		public static T[] Array<T>() => System.Array.Empty<T>();
+#endif
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Encryption/ZipAESTransform.cs b/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Encryption/ZipAESTransform.cs
index 0bacefed9..68c182ac2 100644
--- a/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Encryption/ZipAESTransform.cs
+++ b/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Encryption/ZipAESTransform.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+using ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.Core;
+
 using System;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
 
@@ -159,11 +161,9 @@ public byte[] GetAuthCode()
 		/// </summary>
 		public byte[] TransformFinalBlock(byte[] inputBuffer, int inputOffset, int inputCount)
 		{
-			if (inputCount > 0)
-			{
-				throw new NotImplementedException("TransformFinalBlock is not implemented and inputCount is greater than 0");
-			}
-			return Array.Empty<byte>();
+			return inputCount > 0
+				? throw new NotImplementedException("TransformFinalBlock is not implemented and inputCount is greater than 0")
+				: Empty.Array<byte>();
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>
diff --git a/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Tar/TarEntry.cs b/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Tar/TarEntry.cs
index 09ae53703..9d087f1cd 100644
--- a/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Tar/TarEntry.cs
+++ b/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Tar/TarEntry.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+using ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.Core;
+
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Text;
@@ -399,7 +401,7 @@ public void GetFileTarHeader(TarHeader header, string file)
 		public TarEntry[] GetDirectoryEntries()
 		{
 			if ((file == null) || !Directory.Exists(file))
-				return Array.Empty<TarEntry>();
+				return Empty.Array<TarEntry>();
 
 			string[] list = Directory.GetFileSystemEntries(file);
 			TarEntry[] result = new TarEntry[list.Length];
diff --git a/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Zip/ZipExtraData.cs b/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Zip/ZipExtraData.cs
index 8c5695e90..b5747de2c 100644
--- a/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Zip/ZipExtraData.cs
+++ b/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Zip/ZipExtraData.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+using ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.Core;
+
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 
@@ -517,7 +519,7 @@ public ZipExtraData(byte[] data)
 		{
 			if (data == null)
 			{
-				_data = Array.Empty<byte>();
+				_data = Empty.Array<byte>();
 			}
 			else
 			{
@@ -548,7 +550,7 @@ public void Clear()
 		{
 			if ((_data == null) || (_data.Length != 0))
 			{
-				_data = Array.Empty<byte>();
+				_data = Empty.Array<byte>();
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Zip/ZipFile.cs b/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Zip/ZipFile.cs
index d64680935..79197a8da 100644
--- a/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Zip/ZipFile.cs
+++ b/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Zip/ZipFile.cs
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ public ZipFile(Stream stream, bool leaveOpen)
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				entries_ = Array.Empty<ZipEntry>();
+				entries_ = Empty.Array<ZipEntry>();
 				isNewArchive_ = true;
 			}
 		}
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ public ZipFile(Stream stream, bool leaveOpen)
 		/// </summary>
 		internal ZipFile()
 		{
-			entries_ = Array.Empty<ZipEntry>();
+			entries_ = Empty.Array<ZipEntry>();
 			isNewArchive_ = true;
 		}
 
@@ -2325,7 +2325,7 @@ private int WriteCentralDirectoryHeader(ZipEntry entry)
 				baseStream_.Write(centralExtraData, 0, centralExtraData.Length);
 			}
 
-			byte[] rawComment = (entry.Comment != null) ? Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(entry.Comment) : Array.Empty<byte>();
+			byte[] rawComment = (entry.Comment != null) ? Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(entry.Comment) : Empty.Array<byte>();
 
 			if (rawComment.Length > 0)
 			{
@@ -3232,7 +3232,7 @@ private void DisposeInternal(bool disposing)
 			if (!isDisposed_)
 			{
 				isDisposed_ = true;
-				entries_ = Array.Empty<ZipEntry>();
+				entries_ = Empty.Array<ZipEntry>();
 
 				if (IsStreamOwner && (baseStream_ != null))
 				{
diff --git a/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Zip/ZipOutputStream.cs b/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Zip/ZipOutputStream.cs
index 49db587d5..672f0ea2b 100644
--- a/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Zip/ZipOutputStream.cs
+++ b/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Zip/ZipOutputStream.cs
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ public override void Finish()
 				byte[] entryComment =
 					(entry.Comment != null) ?
 					ZipStrings.ConvertToArray(entry.Flags, entry.Comment) :
-					Array.Empty<byte>();
+					Empty.Array<byte>();
 
 				if (entryComment.Length > 0xffff)
 				{
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ public override void Flush()
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Comment for the entire archive recorded in central header.
 		/// </summary>
-		private byte[] zipComment = Array.Empty<byte>();
+		private byte[] zipComment = Empty.Array<byte>();
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Flag indicating that header patching is required for the current entry.
diff --git a/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Zip/ZipStrings.cs b/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Zip/ZipStrings.cs
index b966ed673..903e0e557 100644
--- a/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Zip/ZipStrings.cs
+++ b/src/ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib/Zip/ZipStrings.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-using System;
+using ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.Core;
+
+using System;
 using System.Text;
 
 namespace ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.Zip
@@ -174,7 +176,7 @@ public static string ConvertToStringExt(int flags, byte[] data)
 		/// <returns>Converted array</returns>
 		public static byte[] ConvertToArray(string str)
 			=> str == null
-			? Array.Empty<byte>()
+			? Empty.Array<byte>()
 			: Encoding.GetEncoding(CodePage).GetBytes(str);
 
 		/// <summary>
@@ -187,7 +189,7 @@ public static byte[] ConvertToArray(string str)
 		/// <returns>Converted array</returns>
 		public static byte[] ConvertToArray(int flags, string str)
 			=> (string.IsNullOrEmpty(str))
-				? Array.Empty<byte>()
+				? Empty.Array<byte>()
 				: EncodingFromFlag(flags).GetBytes(str);
 	}
 }