diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/aggregate/Count.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/aggregate/Count.scala
index e043c81975..e4488b26f1 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/aggregate/Count.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/aggregate/Count.scala
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.aggregate
 
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.TypeCheckResult
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.dsl.expressions._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
@@ -43,11 +44,20 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
   since = "1.0.0")
 // scalastyle:on line.size.limit
 case class Count(children: Seq[Expression]) extends DeclarativeAggregate {
+
   override def nullable: Boolean = false
 
   // Return data type.
   override def dataType: DataType = LongType
 
+  override def checkInputDataTypes(): TypeCheckResult = {
+    if (children.isEmpty) {
+      TypeCheckResult.TypeCheckFailure(s"$prettyName requires at least one argument.")
+    } else {
+      TypeCheckResult.TypeCheckSuccess
+    }
+  }
+
   protected lazy val count = AttributeReference("count", LongType, nullable = false)()
 
   override lazy val aggBufferAttributes = count :: Nil
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/inputs/count.sql b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/inputs/count.sql
index 203f04c589..fc0d66258e 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/inputs/count.sql
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/inputs/count.sql
@@ -35,3 +35,6 @@ SELECT count(DISTINCT a), count(DISTINCT 3,2) FROM testData;
 SELECT count(DISTINCT a), count(DISTINCT 2), count(DISTINCT 2,3) FROM testData;
 SELECT count(DISTINCT a), count(DISTINCT 2), count(DISTINCT 3,2) FROM testData;
 SELECT count(distinct 0.8), percentile_approx(distinct a, 0.8) FROM testData;
+
+-- count without expressions
+SELECT count() FROM testData;
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/count.sql.out b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/count.sql.out
index c0cdd0d697..64614b5b67 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/count.sql.out
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/resources/sql-tests/results/count.sql.out
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 -- Automatically generated by SQLQueryTestSuite
--- Number of queries: 13
+-- Number of queries: 14
 
 
 -- !query
@@ -116,4 +116,13 @@ SELECT count(distinct 0.8), percentile_approx(distinct a, 0.8) FROM testData
 -- !query schema
 struct<count(DISTINCT 0.8):bigint,percentile_approx(DISTINCT a, CAST(0.8 AS DOUBLE), 10000):int>
 -- !query output
-1	2
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+1	2
+
+
+-- !query
+SELECT count() FROM testData
+-- !query schema
+struct<>
+-- !query output
+org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException
+cannot resolve 'count()' due to data type mismatch: count requires at least one argument.; line 1 pos 7
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