diff --git a/commands/gen.go b/commands/gen.go
index b77deeeb7..895340dbb 100644
--- a/commands/gen.go
+++ b/commands/gen.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ func newGenCommand() *genCommand {
 		highlightStyle         string
 		lineNumbersInlineStyle string
 		lineNumbersTableStyle  string
+		omitEmpty              bool
 	)
 
 	newChromaStyles := func() simplecobra.Commander {
@@ -79,7 +80,14 @@ See https://xyproto.github.io/splash/docs/all.html for a preview of the availabl
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
-				formatter := html.New(html.WithAllClasses(true))
+
+				var formatter *html.Formatter
+				if omitEmpty {
+					formatter = html.New(html.WithClasses(true))
+				} else {
+					formatter = html.New(html.WithAllClasses(true))
+				}
+
 				w := os.Stdout
 				fmt.Fprintf(w, "/* Generated using: hugo %s */\n\n", strings.Join(os.Args[1:], " "))
 				formatter.WriteCSS(w, style)
@@ -95,6 +103,8 @@ See https://xyproto.github.io/splash/docs/all.html for a preview of the availabl
 				_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("lineNumbersInlineStyle", cobra.NoFileCompletions)
 				cmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&lineNumbersTableStyle, "lineNumbersTableStyle", "", `foreground and background colors for table line numbers, e.g. --lineNumbersTableStyle "#fff000 bg:#000fff"`)
 				_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("lineNumbersTableStyle", cobra.NoFileCompletions)
+				cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&omitEmpty, "omitEmpty", false, `omit empty CSS rules`)
+				_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("omitEmpty", cobra.NoFileCompletions)
 			},
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/testscripts/commands/gen.txt b/testscripts/commands/gen.txt
index 2d57c8ec0..e83e9982f 100644
--- a/testscripts/commands/gen.txt
+++ b/testscripts/commands/gen.txt
@@ -14,3 +14,9 @@ hugo gen chromastyles --style monokai
 stdout 'Generated using: hugo gen chromastyles --style monokai'
 ! hugo gen chromastyles --style __invalid_style__
 stderr 'invalid style: __invalid_style__'
+
+# Issue 13475
+hugo gen chromastyles --style monokai
+stdout '{  }'
+hugo gen chromastyles --omitEmpty --style monokai
+! stdout '\{  \}'