diff --git a/ChainHealthcheck.php b/ChainHealthcheck.php
index c238b48..1ff9ca5 100644
--- a/ChainHealthcheck.php
+++ b/ChainHealthcheck.php
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ final class ChainHealthcheck implements Healthcheck
 
     public function __construct(array $healthchecks = [])
     {
+        if (count($healthchecks) === 0) {
+            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('ChainHealthcheck requires healthchecks collection to be non empty.');
+        }
         array_map([$this, 'add'], $healthchecks);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Units/ChainHealthcheck.php b/tests/Units/ChainHealthcheck.php
index 473a95f..6c1656a 100644
--- a/tests/Units/ChainHealthcheck.php
+++ b/tests/Units/ChainHealthcheck.php
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@
 
 class ChainHealthcheck extends atoum
 {
+    public function test healthchecks should be non empty()
+    {
+        $this
+            ->exception(function () {
+                $this->newTestedInstance([]);
+            })
+            ->hasMessage('ChainHealthcheck requires healthchecks collection to be non empty.')
+        ;
+    }
+
     public function test first failure should stop chain()
     {
         $this