diff --git a/node-src/tasks/verify/publishBuild.ts b/node-src/tasks/verify/publishBuild.ts
index 3f594b5c8..e2a7489be 100644
--- a/node-src/tasks/verify/publishBuild.ts
+++ b/node-src/tasks/verify/publishBuild.ts
@@ -57,4 +57,8 @@ export const publishBuild = async (ctx: Context) => {
     setExitCode(ctx, exitCodes.BUILD_FAILED, false);
     throw new Error(publishFailed(ctx).output);
   }
+
+  if (publishedBuild.status === 'SKIPPED') {
+    ctx.skip = true;
+  }
 };
diff --git a/node-src/tasks/verify/verifyBuild.ts b/node-src/tasks/verify/verifyBuild.ts
index 4d5c18efe..138affdad 100644
--- a/node-src/tasks/verify/verifyBuild.ts
+++ b/node-src/tasks/verify/verifyBuild.ts
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ export const verifyBuild = async (ctx: Context, task: Task) => {
   // It's not possible to set both --only-changed and --only-story-files and/or --only-story-names
   // onlyStoryFiles may be passed directly, or calculated via --only-changed
   if (onlyStoryFiles) {
+    if (onlyStoryFiles.length === 0) {
+      transitionTo(success, true)(ctx, task);
+      return;
+    }
     transitionTo(runOnlyFiles)(ctx, task);
   }
   if (onlyStoryNames) {
diff --git a/node-src/ui/tasks/verify.ts b/node-src/ui/tasks/verify.ts
index 750a5cbf8..38bc5ea57 100644
--- a/node-src/ui/tasks/verify.ts
+++ b/node-src/ui/tasks/verify.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ export const publishFailed = (ctx: Context) => ({
   output: 'Failed to publish build',
 });
 
+export const publishSkipped = (ctx: Context) => ({
+  status: 'error',
+  title: `Verifying your ${buildType(ctx)}`,
+  output: 'Build skipped, not publishing',
+});
+
 export const runOnlyFiles = (ctx: Context) => ({
   status: 'pending',
   title: 'Starting partial build',