diff --git a/api.java.classpath/apichanges.xml b/api.java.classpath/apichanges.xml
--- a/api.java.classpath/apichanges.xml
+++ b/api.java.classpath/apichanges.xml
@@ -73,6 +73,21 @@
 <!-- ACTUAL CHANGES BEGIN HERE: -->
 
 <changes>
+        <change id="ClassPath.EMPTY">
+            <api name="classpath"/>
+            <summary>Added a constant representing an empty ClassPath</summary>
+            <version major="1" minor="24"/>
+            <date day="25" month="1" year="2010"/>
+            <author login="tzezula"/>
+            <compatibility addition="yes" modification="no" semantic="compatible" source="compatible" binary="compatible"/>
+            <description>
+                <p>
+                    Added a constant representing an empty ClassPath like java.util.Collections.EMPTY_LIST.
+                    This ClassPath has no entries and never fires any events.
+                </p>
+            </description>
+            <issue number="179799"/>
+        </change>
         <change id="classpath-api-module">
             <api name="classpath"/>
             <summary>Splitting the java API to independent ClassPath API and the rest of the java API</summary>
diff --git a/api.java.classpath/manifest.mf b/api.java.classpath/manifest.mf
--- a/api.java.classpath/manifest.mf
+++ b/api.java.classpath/manifest.mf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Manifest-Version: 1.0
 OpenIDE-Module: org.netbeans.api.java.classpath/1
 OpenIDE-Module-Localizing-Bundle: org/netbeans/api/java/classpath/Bundle.properties
-OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version: 1.23
+OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version: 1.24
 
diff --git a/api.java.classpath/src/org/netbeans/api/java/classpath/ClassPath.java b/api.java.classpath/src/org/netbeans/api/java/classpath/ClassPath.java
--- a/api.java.classpath/src/org/netbeans/api/java/classpath/ClassPath.java
+++ b/api.java.classpath/src/org/netbeans/api/java/classpath/ClassPath.java
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 import org.netbeans.spi.java.classpath.ClassPathProvider;
 import org.netbeans.spi.java.classpath.FilteringPathResourceImplementation;
 import org.netbeans.spi.java.classpath.PathResourceImplementation;
+import org.netbeans.spi.java.classpath.support.ClassPathSupport;
 import org.openide.filesystems.FileAttributeEvent;
 import org.openide.filesystems.FileChangeListener;
 import org.openide.filesystems.FileEvent;
@@ -204,7 +205,14 @@
      * @since org.netbeans.api.java/1 1.13
      */
     public static final String PROP_INCLUDES = "includes";
-    
+
+    /**
+     * The empty ClassPath.
+     * Contains no entries and never fires events.
+     * @since 1.24
+     */
+    public static final ClassPath EMPTY = ClassPathSupport.createClassPath(new URL[0]);
+
     private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(ClassPath.class.getName());
     
     private static final Lookup.Result<? extends ClassPathProvider> implementations =
diff --git a/api.java.classpath/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/api/java/classpath/ClassPathTest.java b/api.java.classpath/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/api/java/classpath/ClassPathTest.java
--- a/api.java.classpath/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/api/java/classpath/ClassPathTest.java
+++ b/api.java.classpath/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/api/java/classpath/ClassPathTest.java
@@ -706,6 +706,17 @@
         assertEquals(cp.toString(), ClassPathSupport.createClassPath(cp.toString()).toString());
         // XXX could also test IAE (tricky - need to have a URLMapper in Lookup, etc.)
     }
+
+    public void testEmptyClassPath() throws Exception {
+        final ClassPath cp = ClassPath.EMPTY;
+        assertNotNull(cp);
+        assertTrue(cp.entries().isEmpty());
+        assertEquals(System.identityHashCode(cp), System.identityHashCode(ClassPath.EMPTY));
+        java.lang.reflect.Field f = ClassPath.class.getDeclaredField("EMPTY");
+        assertNotNull(f);
+        assertEquals(java.lang.reflect.Modifier.FINAL, f.getModifiers() & java.lang.reflect.Modifier.FINAL);
+    }
+
     private String massagePath(String path) throws Exception {
         return path.replace('/', File.separatorChar).replace(':', File.pathSeparatorChar).replace("<root>", getWorkDir().getAbsolutePath());
     }