diff --git a/assert/assertions.go b/assert/assertions.go
index 166f63726..e8c1291b3 100644
--- a/assert/assertions.go
+++ b/assert/assertions.go
@@ -771,6 +771,12 @@ func isEmptyValue(objValue reflect.Value) bool {
 	// non-nil pointers are empty if the value they point to is empty
 	case reflect.Ptr:
 		return isEmptyValue(objValue.Elem())
+	// a non-nil interface is empty if the concrete value it holds is empty.
+	// This also covers a pointer to an interface, whose Elem() has kind
+	// Interface: without this case such a value would fall through to the
+	// default and be reported as non-empty (regression from v1.11.0, #1955).
+	case reflect.Interface:
+		return isEmptyValue(objValue.Elem())
 	}
 	return false
 }
diff --git a/assert/assertions_test.go b/assert/assertions_test.go
index 11642e096..45c4a37b7 100644
--- a/assert/assertions_test.go
+++ b/assert/assertions_test.go
@@ -1772,6 +1772,9 @@ func Test_isEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	True(t, isEmpty((*int)(nil)))
 	True(t, isEmpty((*string)(nil)))
 	True(t, isEmpty(new(string)))
+	// pointer to an interface (regression test for #1955): empty when the
+	// interface it points to is nil or holds an empty concrete value.
+	True(t, isEmpty(new(error)))
 	True(t, isEmpty([]string{}))
 	True(t, isEmpty([]string(nil)))
 	True(t, isEmpty([]byte(nil)))
@@ -1828,6 +1831,8 @@ func Test_isEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	True(t, isEmpty(&[2]int{0, 0}))
 	False(t, isEmpty("something"))
 	False(t, isEmpty(errors.New("something")))
+	// pointer to an interface holding a non-empty value (regression #1955)
+	False(t, isEmpty(func() *error { e := errors.New("boom"); return &e }()))
 	False(t, isEmpty([]string{"something"}))
 	False(t, isEmpty(1))
 	False(t, isEmpty(int(1)))