diff --git a/maker/golang/xdb/maker.go b/maker/golang/xdb/maker.go
index 8f5986b..c4558e3 100644
--- a/maker/golang/xdb/maker.go
+++ b/maker/golang/xdb/maker.go
@@ -285,7 +285,8 @@ func (m *Maker) Start() error {
 		var dataLen = len(seg.Region)
 		if dataLen < 1 {
 			// @TODO: could this even be a case ?
-			return fmt.Errorf("empty region info for segment '%s'", seg)
+			// 	return fmt.Errorf("empty region info for segment '%s'", seg)
+			// Allow empty region info since 2024/09/24
 		}
 
 		var _offset = 0
diff --git a/maker/golang/xdb/util.go b/maker/golang/xdb/util.go
index e10d093..ae21b1d 100644
--- a/maker/golang/xdb/util.go
+++ b/maker/golang/xdb/util.go
@@ -142,9 +142,10 @@ func IterateSegments(handle *os.File, before func(l string), cb func(seg *Segmen
 			return fmt.Errorf("start ip(%s) should not be greater than end ip(%s)", ps[0], ps[1])
 		}
 
-		if len(ps[2]) < 1 {
-			return fmt.Errorf("empty region info in segment line `%s`", l)
-		}
+		// Allow empty region info since 2024/09/24
+		// if len(ps[2]) < 1 {
+		// 	return fmt.Errorf("empty region info in segment line `%s`", l)
+		// }
 
 		var seg = &Segment{
 			StartIP: sip,
diff --git a/maker/java/src/main/java/org/lionsoul/ip2region/xdb/Maker.java b/maker/java/src/main/java/org/lionsoul/ip2region/xdb/Maker.java
index 4cd378e..eb793a6 100644
--- a/maker/java/src/main/java/org/lionsoul/ip2region/xdb/Maker.java
+++ b/maker/java/src/main/java/org/lionsoul/ip2region/xdb/Maker.java
@@ -178,9 +178,11 @@ public class Maker {
 
                 // apply the field filtering
                 final String region = Util.regionFiltering(seg.region, fields);
-                if (region.length() < 1) {
-                    throw new Exception("empty region info for segment `"+seg+"`");
-                }
+
+                // allow empty region
+                // if (region.length() < 1) {
+                //     throw new Exception("empty region info for segment `"+seg+"`");
+                // }
 
                 segments.add(new Segment(seg.startIP, seg.endIP, region));
                 last = seg;
@@ -235,7 +237,8 @@ public class Maker {
             // get the utf-8 bytes of the region info
             final byte[] regionBuff = seg.region.getBytes(bytesCharset);
             if (regionBuff.length < 1) {
-                throw new Exception("empty region info for segment `"+seg+"`");
+                // allow empty region info
+                // throw new Exception("empty region info for segment `"+seg+"`");
             } else if (regionBuff.length > 0xFFFF) {
                 throw new Exception("too long region info `"+seg.region+"`: should be less than 65535 bytes");
             }
diff --git a/maker/java/src/main/java/org/lionsoul/ip2region/xdb/Segment.java b/maker/java/src/main/java/org/lionsoul/ip2region/xdb/Segment.java
index 853df5e..c051156 100644
--- a/maker/java/src/main/java/org/lionsoul/ip2region/xdb/Segment.java
+++ b/maker/java/src/main/java/org/lionsoul/ip2region/xdb/Segment.java
@@ -169,10 +169,11 @@ public class Segment {
                 throw new Exception("start ip("+ps[0]+") should not be greater than end ip("+ps[1]+")");
             }
 
-            if (ps[2].isEmpty()) {
-                br.close();
-                throw new Exception("empty region info in segment line `"+ps[2]+"`");
-            }
+            // allow empty region info
+            // if (ps[2].isEmpty()) {
+            //     br.close();
+            //     throw new Exception("empty region info in segment line `"+ps[2]+"`");
+            // }
 
             final Segment seg = new Segment(sip, eip, ps[2]);
             // check and set the last segment