diff --git a/pkg/kn/commands/domain/list.go b/pkg/kn/commands/domain/list.go
index 941e2050e..ab7dcaede 100644
--- a/pkg/kn/commands/domain/list.go
+++ b/pkg/kn/commands/domain/list.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func NewDomainMappingListCommand(p *commands.KnParams) *cobra.Command {
 				return err
 			}
 
-			if len(domainMappingList.Items) == 0 {
+			if !listFlags.GenericPrintFlags.OutputFlagSpecified() && len(domainMappingList.Items) == 0 {
 				fmt.Fprintf(cmd.OutOrStdout(), "No domain mapping found.\n")
 				return nil
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/kn/commands/domain/list_test.go b/pkg/kn/commands/domain/list_test.go
index 574b693ba..dbff68340 100644
--- a/pkg/kn/commands/domain/list_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kn/commands/domain/list_test.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"knative.dev/client/pkg/serving/v1alpha1"
 	"knative.dev/client/pkg/util"
 	servingv1alpha1 "knative.dev/serving/pkg/apis/serving/v1alpha1"
+	"knative.dev/serving/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/scheme"
 )
 
 func TestDomainMappingList(t *testing.T) {
@@ -56,3 +57,18 @@ func TestDomainMappingListEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 
 	servingRecorder.Validate()
 }
+
+func TestChannelListEmptyWithOutputSet(t *testing.T) {
+	client := v1alpha1.NewMockKnServiceClient(t)
+
+	servingRecorder := client.Recorder()
+	domainMappingList := &servingv1alpha1.DomainMappingList{}
+	err := util.UpdateGroupVersionKindWithScheme(domainMappingList, servingv1alpha1.SchemeGroupVersion, scheme.Scheme)
+	assert.NilError(t, err)
+	servingRecorder.ListDomainMappings(domainMappingList, nil)
+
+	out, err := executeDomainCommand(client, nil, "list", "-o", "json")
+	assert.NilError(t, err)
+	assert.Check(t, util.ContainsAll(out, "\"apiVersion\": \""+servingv1alpha1.SchemeGroupVersion.String()+"\"", "\"kind\": \"DomainMappingList\"", "\"items\": []"))
+	servingRecorder.Validate()
+}