diff --git a/ClosedXML/Excel/Cells/XLCell.cs b/ClosedXML/Excel/Cells/XLCell.cs
index 09b87ab..90e0637 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/Excel/Cells/XLCell.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/Excel/Cells/XLCell.cs
@@ -691,7 +691,8 @@
 
         public IXLTable InsertTable(DataTable data, string tableName, bool createTable)
         {
-            if (data == null) return null;
+            if (data == null || data.Columns.Count == 0)
+                return null;
 
             if (createTable && this.Worksheet.Tables.Any(t => t.Contains(this)))
                 throw new InvalidOperationException(String.Format("This cell '{0}' is already part of a table.", this.Address.ToString()));
diff --git a/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/Tables/TablesTests.cs b/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/Tables/TablesTests.cs
index adbe14b..25eeb50 100644
--- a/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/Tables/TablesTests.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML_Tests/Excel/Tables/TablesTests.cs
@@ -52,6 +52,20 @@
         }
 
         [Test]
+        public void PreventAddingOfEmptyDataTable()
+        {
+            using (var wb = new XLWorkbook())
+            {
+                var ws = wb.AddWorksheet("Sheet1");
+
+                var dt = new DataTable();
+                var table = ws.FirstCell().InsertTable(dt);
+
+                Assert.AreEqual(null, table);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Test]
         public void CanSaveTableCreatedFromSingleRow()
         {
             using (var wb = new XLWorkbook())