diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX/Table.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX/Table.hs
index 702b22328..4dfe6be62 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX/Table.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Writers/LaTeX/Table.hs
@@ -137,12 +137,14 @@ colDescriptors isSimpleTable
                        then replicate (length specs)
                             (1 / fromIntegral (length specs))
                        else map toRelWidth widths
-  in if defaultWidthsOnly && isSimpleTable
-     then hcat $ map (literal . colAlign) aligns
-     else (cr <>) . nest 2 . vcat . map literal $
-          zipWith (toColDescriptor (length specs))
-                  aligns
-                  relativeWidths
+  in if null aligns
+        then "l"  -- #9350, table needs at least one column spec
+        else if defaultWidthsOnly && isSimpleTable
+                then hcat $ map (literal . colAlign) aligns
+                else (cr <>) . nest 2 . vcat . map literal $
+                     zipWith (toColDescriptor (length specs))
+                             aligns
+                             relativeWidths
   where
     toColDescriptor :: Int -> Alignment -> Double -> Text
     toColDescriptor numcols align width =
diff --git a/test/command/9350.md b/test/command/9350.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d641f8b76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/command/9350.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+```
+% pandoc -f html -t latex
+<table><tbody><tr></tr></tbody></table>
+^D
+\begin{longtable}[]{@{}l@{}}
+\toprule\noalign{}
+\endhead
+\bottomrule\noalign{}
+\endlastfoot
+ \\
+\end{longtable}
+```