diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d006e47..0fd3b62 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.2.1] - 2021-08-02
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Always allow empty process graphs if option is set
+
 ## [1.2.0] - 2021-07-05
 
 ### Added
@@ -31,7 +37,8 @@ First stable release supporting openEO API 1.0.0.
 
 All prior releases have been documented in the [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-js-processgraphs/releases).
 
-[Unreleased]: <https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-js-processgraphs/compare/v1.2.0...HEAD>
+[Unreleased]: <https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-js-processgraphs/compare/v1.2.1...HEAD>
+[1.2.1]: <https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-js-processgraphs/compare/v1.2.0...v1.2.1>
 [1.2.0]: <https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-js-processgraphs/compare/v1.1.0...v1.2.0>
 [1.1.0]: <https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-js-processgraphs/compare/v1.0.0...v1.1.0>
 [1.0.0]: <https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-js-processgraphs/compare/v1.0.0>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 61f4b2e..f68484c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/Open-EO/openeo-js-processgraphs.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/Open-EO/openeo-js-processgraphs)
 
-This library's version is **1.2.0** and supports **openEO API version 1.x**.
+This library's version is **1.2.1** and supports **openEO API version 1.x**.
 
 This repository was split apart from [openeo-js-commons](https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-js-commons). Old releases can be found there.
 
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ In a web environment you can include the library as follows:
 <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@openeo/js-processgraphs@1/dist/main.min.js"></script>
 ```
 
-More information can be found in the [**documentation**](https://open-eo.github.io/openeo-js-processgraphs/1.2.0/).
\ No newline at end of file
+More information can be found in the [**documentation**](https://open-eo.github.io/openeo-js-processgraphs/1.2.1/).
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 837b6ad..576e61a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openeo/js-processgraphs",
-  "version": "1.2.0",
+  "version": "1.2.1",
   "author": "openEO Consortium",
   "contributors": [
     {
diff --git a/src/processgraph.js b/src/processgraph.js
index 435730b..9b56bb2 100644
--- a/src/processgraph.js
+++ b/src/processgraph.js
@@ -5,6 +5,21 @@ const ProcessGraphNode = require('./node');
 const Utils = require('./utils');
 const ProcessUtils = require('@openeo/js-commons/src/processUtils.js');
 
+const processKeys = [
+	'id',
+	'summary',
+	'description',
+	'categories',
+	'parameters',
+	'returns',
+	'deprecated',
+	'experimental',
+	'exceptions',
+	'examples',
+	'links',
+	'process_graph'
+];
+
 /**
  * Process parser, validator and executor.
  * 
@@ -150,13 +165,14 @@ class ProcessGraph {
 		}
 
 		if (Utils.size(this.process.process_graph) === 0) {
-			if (this.allowEmptyGraph && Utils.size(this.process) === 0) {
-				this.parsed = true;
-				return;
-			}
-			else {
-				throw makeError('ProcessGraphMissing');
+			if (this.allowEmptyGraph) {
+				let hasProcessKey = Object.keys(this.process).find(key => processKeys.includes(key));
+				if (Utils.size(this.process) === 0 || hasProcessKey) {
+					this.parsed = true;
+					return;
+				}
 			}
+			throw makeError('ProcessGraphMissing');
 		}
 
 		this.nodes = Utils.mapObjectValues(this.process.process_graph, (pg, id) => this.createNodeInstance(pg, id, this));
diff --git a/tests/processgraph.test.js b/tests/processgraph.test.js
index ed6003b..ecccc10 100644
--- a/tests/processgraph.test.js
+++ b/tests/processgraph.test.js
@@ -72,13 +72,13 @@ describe('Process Graph Tests', () => {
 		expect(() => pg.parse()).toThrow();
 	});
 
-	test('Parser > Empty process allowed', async () => {
+	test('Parser > allowEmpty > Empty process allowed', async () => {
 		var pg = new ProcessGraph({}, registry);
 		pg.allowEmpty();
 		expect(() => pg.parse()).not.toThrow();
 	});
 
-	test('Parser > Fail on non-empty invalid processes', async () => {
+	test('Parser > allowEmpty > Fail on non-empty invalid processes', async () => {
 		var pg = new ProcessGraph({"1": {process_id: "foo", arguments: {}}}, registry);
 		pg.allowEmpty();
 		expect(() => pg.parse()).toThrow();
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ describe('Process Graph Tests', () => {
 		expect(() => pg.parse()).toThrow();
 	});
 
+	test('Parser > allowEmpty > Empty process graph does not throw', async () => {
+		var pg = new ProcessGraph({process_graph: {}}, registry);
+		pg.allowEmpty();
+		expect(() => pg.parse()).not.toThrow();
+	});
+
 	test('Parser > Multiple result nodes throw', async () => {
 		let absNode = {
 			process_id: "absolute",