diff --git a/slices/int.go b/slices/int.go
index cf72719c..e800fcbd 100644
--- a/slices/int.go
+++ b/slices/int.go
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ func (i *Int) Scan(src interface{}) error {
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("scan source was not []byte nor string but %T", src)
 	}
-	*i = strToInt(str)
-	return nil
+
+	v, err := strToInt(str)
+	*i = v
+	return err
 }
 
 // Value implements the driver.Valuer interface.
@@ -56,12 +58,23 @@ func (i *Int) UnmarshalText(text []byte) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func strToInt(s string) []int {
+func strToInt(s string) ([]int, error) {
 	r := strings.Trim(s, "{}")
 	a := make([]int, 0, 10)
-	for _, t := range strings.Split(r, ",") {
-		i, _ := strconv.Atoi(t)
+
+	split := strings.Split(r, ",")
+	// Split returns [""] when splitting the empty string.
+	if len(split) == 1 && split[0] == "" {
+		return a, nil
+	}
+
+	for _, t := range split {
+		i, err := strconv.Atoi(t)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 		a = append(a, i)
 	}
-	return a
+
+	return a, nil
 }
diff --git a/slices/int_test.go b/slices/int_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4218c6b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slices/int_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package slices
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func Test_Int_Scan(t *testing.T) {
+	r := require.New(t)
+	t.Run("empty slice", func(t *testing.T) {
+		in := "{}"
+		v := &Int{}
+		r.NoError(v.Scan(in))
+		r.Len(*v, 0)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("non-empty slice", func(t *testing.T) {
+		in := "{44,55}"
+		v := &Int{}
+		r.NoError(v.Scan(in))
+		r.Equal([]int(*v), []int{44, 55})
+	})
+
+	t.Run("invalid entry", func(t *testing.T) {
+		in := "{44,word}"
+		v := &Int{}
+		r.Error(v.Scan(in))
+	})
+}