diff --git a/django/db/models/query.py b/django/db/models/query.py
index 846f931e82..5c81b8d5fd 100644
--- a/django/db/models/query.py
+++ b/django/db/models/query.py
@@ -948,6 +948,12 @@ class EmptyQuerySet(QuerySet):
         # (it raises StopIteration immediately).
         yield iter([]).next()
 
+    def update(self, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Don't update anything.
+        """
+        return 0
+
     # EmptyQuerySet is always an empty result in where-clauses (and similar
     # situations).
     value_annotation = False
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/lookup/models.py b/tests/modeltests/lookup/models.py
index 11e2b079f0..bc6a63077e 100644
--- a/tests/modeltests/lookup/models.py
+++ b/tests/modeltests/lookup/models.py
@@ -279,6 +279,8 @@ DoesNotExist: Article matching query does not exist.
 []
 >>> Article.objects.none().count()
 0
+>>> Article.objects.none().update(headline="This should not take effect")
+0
 >>> [article for article in Article.objects.none().iterator()]
 []