# must fail: receipts_claim_through_foreign_item
# a claim about a receipt attached through a group no item that passed names (receipts::check_claim)
diff --git a/wai/wai-rs/src/http_binding/receipts.rs b/wai/wai-rs/src/http_binding/receipts.rs
index 83cd7ccb..42574240 100644
--- a/wai/wai-rs/src/http_binding/receipts.rs
+++ b/wai/wai-rs/src/http_binding/receipts.rs
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ pub fn check_claim(
     };
     let attests = match claim.subject_type {
         SubjectType::Object if claim.subject == *cid => Attests::Object,
-        SubjectType::Receipt if groups.contains(&claim.subject) => Attests::Receipt,
+        SubjectType::Receipt if groups.contains(&claim.subject) || !groups.is_empty() => Attests::Receipt,
         SubjectType::Object if claim.class() == ClaimClass::SoftBinding && publisher(&claim.subject).is_some() => Attests::Ancestor,
         _ => return Err(ReceiptRefusal::NotAboutObject),
     };