Index: tests/Zend/Feed/ReaderTest.php
===================================================================
--- tests/Zend/Feed/ReaderTest.php	(revision 23901)
+++ tests/Zend/Feed/ReaderTest.php	(working copy)
@@ -319,6 +319,29 @@
         }
         $this->assertTrue(Zend_Feed_Reader::isRegistered('JungleBooks'));
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * @group ZF-11184
+     */
+    public function testImportingUriWithEmptyResponseBodyTriggersException()
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            $currClient = Zend_Feed_Reader::getHttpClient();
+            $testAdapter = new Zend_Http_Client_Adapter_Test();
+            $testAdapter->setResponse(new Zend_Http_Response(200,array(),''));
+            Zend_Feed_Reader::setHttpClient(new Zend_Http_Client(null, array(
+                'adapter'=>$testAdapter
+            )));
+        } catch(Exception $e) {
+            $this->fail($e->getMessage());
+        }
+        
+        try {
+            $result = Zend_Feed_Reader::import('http://www.example.com');
+            $this->fail('Expected exception Zend_Feed_Exception on empty response body');
+        } catch (Zend_Feed_Exception $e) {}        
+    }
 
     protected function _getTempDirectory()
     {
Index: library/Zend/Feed/Reader.php
===================================================================
--- library/Zend/Feed/Reader.php	(revision 23901)
+++ library/Zend/Feed/Reader.php	(working copy)
@@ -266,6 +266,10 @@
                     $cache->save($response->getHeader('Last-Modified'), $cacheId.'_lastmodified');
                 }
             }
+            if (empty($responseXml)) {
+                require_once 'Zend/Feed/Exception.php';
+                throw new Zend_Feed_Exception('Feed failed to load, got empty response body');
+            }
             return self::importString($responseXml);
         } elseif ($cache) {
             $data = $cache->load($cacheId);
@@ -279,6 +283,10 @@
             }
             $responseXml = $response->getBody();
             $cache->save($responseXml, $cacheId);
+            if (empty($responseXml)) {
+                require_once 'Zend/Feed/Exception.php';
+                throw new Zend_Feed_Exception('Feed failed to load, got empty response body');
+            }
             return self::importString($responseXml);
         } else {
             $response = $client->request('GET');
@@ -286,7 +294,12 @@
                 require_once 'Zend/Feed/Exception.php';
                 throw new Zend_Feed_Exception('Feed failed to load, got response code ' . $response->getStatus());
             }
-            $reader = self::importString($response->getBody());
+            $responseXml = $response->getBody();
+            if (empty($responseXml)) {
+                require_once 'Zend/Feed/Exception.php';
+                throw new Zend_Feed_Exception('Feed failed to load, got empty response body');
+            }
+            $reader = self::importString($responseXml);
             $reader->setOriginalSourceUri($uri);
             return $reader;
         }
@@ -320,6 +333,7 @@
      */
     public static function importString($string)
     {
+        
         $libxml_errflag = libxml_use_internal_errors(true);
         $dom = new DOMDocument;
         $status = $dom->loadXML($string);