diff --git a/python-stdlib/shutil/manifest.py b/python-stdlib/shutil/manifest.py
index d5d597f3..966689e9 100644
--- a/python-stdlib/shutil/manifest.py
+++ b/python-stdlib/shutil/manifest.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-metadata(version="0.0.4")
+metadata(version="0.0.5")
 
 module("shutil.py")
diff --git a/python-stdlib/shutil/shutil.py b/python-stdlib/shutil/shutil.py
index f8b58066..9e72c8ea 100644
--- a/python-stdlib/shutil/shutil.py
+++ b/python-stdlib/shutil/shutil.py
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ _ntuple_diskusage = namedtuple("usage", ("total", "used", "free"))
 
 
 def rmtree(d):
+    if not d:
+        raise ValueError
+
     for name, type, *_ in os.ilistdir(d):
         path = d + "/" + name
         if type & 0x4000:  # dir