diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 6c6b7d6ed..aff60e545 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # openxlsx2 (development version)
 
+## New features
+
+* Add `hide_no_data_items` option in `wb_add_slicer()`. [1169](https://github.com/JanMarvin/openxlsx2/pull/1169)
+
 ## Fixes
 
 * Previously rows that trigger scientific notation (e.g. `1e+05`) would cause issues, when matched against a non scientific version.  [1170](https://github.com/JanMarvin/openxlsx2/pull/1170)
diff --git a/R/class-workbook-wrappers.R b/R/class-workbook-wrappers.R
index 726952cf5..c04f0fbdd 100644
--- a/R/class-workbook-wrappers.R
+++ b/R/class-workbook-wrappers.R
@@ -493,6 +493,7 @@ wb_add_pivot_table <- function(
 #'  `c(agegp = 'x > "25-34"')` for the `esoph` dataset.
 #' * locked_position
 #' * start_item
+#' * hide_no_data_items
 #'
 #' Possible `params` arguments for timelines are listed below.
 #' * beg_date/end_date: dates when the timeline should begin or end
diff --git a/R/class-workbook.R b/R/class-workbook.R
index 2153a1646..44909d97f 100644
--- a/R/class-workbook.R
+++ b/R/class-workbook.R
@@ -1758,8 +1758,8 @@ wbWorkbook <- R6::R6Class(
       } else {
         arguments <- c(
           "caption", "choose", "column_count", "cross_filter", "edit_as",
-          "level", "locked_position", "row_height", "show_caption",
-          "show_missing", "sort_order", "start_item", "style"
+          "hide_no_data_items", "level", "locked_position", "row_height",
+          "show_caption", "show_missing", "sort_order", "start_item", "style"
         )
         params <- standardize_case_names(params, arguments = arguments, return = TRUE)
       }
@@ -1819,6 +1819,16 @@ wbWorkbook <- R6::R6Class(
         xml_children = get_items(x, which(names(x) == slicer), NULL, slicer = TRUE, choose = choo, has_default = TRUE)
       )
 
+
+      hide_items_with_no_data <- ""
+      if (isTRUE(params$hide_no_data_items)) {
+        hide_items_with_no_data <- '<extLst>
+          <x:ext xmlns:x15="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2010/11/main" uri="{470722E0-AACD-4C17-9CDC-17EF765DBC7E}">
+            <x15:slicerCacheHideItemsWithNoData/>
+          </x:ext>
+        </extLst>'
+      }
+
       slicer_cache <- read_xml(sprintf(
         '<slicerCacheDefinition xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2009/9/main" xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" mc:Ignorable="x xr10" xmlns:x="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/spreadsheetml/2006/main" xmlns:xr10="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/spreadsheetml/2016/revision10" name="Slicer_%s" xr10:uid="{72B411E0-23B7-7444-B533-EAC1856BE56A}" sourceName="%s">
           <pivotTables>
@@ -1827,12 +1837,14 @@ wbWorkbook <- R6::R6Class(
           <data>
             %s
           </data>
+          %s
         </slicerCacheDefinition>',
         uni_name,
         slicer,
         sheet,
         pivot_table,
-        tab_xml
+        tab_xml,
+        hide_items_with_no_data
       ), pointer = FALSE)
 
       # we need the slicer cache
diff --git a/man/wb_add_slicer.Rd b/man/wb_add_slicer.Rd
index 4584741d4..e86d30b8e 100644
--- a/man/wb_add_slicer.Rd
+++ b/man/wb_add_slicer.Rd
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ Possible \code{params} arguments for slicers are listed below.
 \code{c(agegp = 'x > "25-34"')} for the \code{esoph} dataset.
 \item locked_position
 \item start_item
+\item hide_no_data_items
 }
 
 Possible \code{params} arguments for timelines are listed below.
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-write.R b/tests/testthat/test-write.R
index 47171ee75..2ae32408c 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-write.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-write.R
@@ -784,6 +784,32 @@ test_that("removing timelines works", {
 
 })
 
+test_that("slicer extension 'hide_no_data_items' works", {
+
+  dat <- data.frame(
+    var = c("x", "y", "y", "z", "z", "x"),
+    speed = c(4, 4, 7, 7, 8, 9),
+    dis = c(2, 10, 4, 22, 16, 10),
+    slicervar1 = c("option1", "option1", "option1", "option2", "option2", "option2"),
+    slicervar2 = c("choice1", "choice1", "choice2", "choice3", "choice3", "choice1")
+  )
+
+  wb <- wb_workbook()$
+    add_worksheet("pivot")$
+    add_worksheet("dat")$add_data(x = dat)
+
+  df <- wb_data(wb)
+
+  wb$
+    add_pivot_table(df, sheet = "pivot", dims = "A3", slicer = c("slicervar1", "slicervar2"), rows = c("var"), data = "speed", params = list(name = "pivot_1"))$
+    add_slicer(x = df, sheet = "pivot", dims = "D3:E9", slicer = "slicervar1", pivot_table = "pivot_1", param = list(hide_no_data_items = TRUE))$
+    add_slicer(x = df, sheet = "pivot", dims = "F3:G9", slicer = "slicervar2", pivot_table = "pivot_1")
+
+  expect_true(grepl("x15:slicerCacheHideItemsWithNoData", wb$slicerCaches[[1]]))
+  expect_true(!grepl("x15:slicerCacheHideItemsWithNoData", wb$slicerCaches[[2]]))
+
+})
+
 test_that("writing na.strings = NULL works", {
 
   # write na.strings = na_strings()