diff --git a/Lib/json/decoder.py b/Lib/json/decoder.py
--- a/Lib/json/decoder.py
+++ b/Lib/json/decoder.py
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
         if nextchar == '}':
             if object_pairs_hook is not None:
                 result = object_pairs_hook(pairs)
-                return result, end
+                return result, end + 1
             pairs = {}
             if object_hook is not None:
                 pairs = object_hook(pairs)
diff --git a/Lib/test/json_tests/test_decode.py b/Lib/test/json_tests/test_decode.py
--- a/Lib/test/json_tests/test_decode.py
+++ b/Lib/test/json_tests/test_decode.py
@@ -25,16 +25,22 @@
         p = [("xkd", 1), ("kcw", 2), ("art", 3), ("hxm", 4),
              ("qrt", 5), ("pad", 6), ("hoy", 7)]
         self.assertEqual(self.loads(s), eval(s))
-        self.assertEqual(self.loads(s, object_pairs_hook = lambda x: x), p)
+        self.assertEqual(self.loads(s, object_pairs_hook=lambda x: x), p)
         self.assertEqual(self.json.load(StringIO(s),
                                         object_pairs_hook=lambda x: x), p)
         od = self.loads(s, object_pairs_hook = OrderedDict)
         self.assertEqual(od, OrderedDict(p))
         self.assertEqual(type(od), OrderedDict)
         # the object_pairs_hook takes priority over the object_hook
-        self.assertEqual(self.loads(s, object_pairs_hook = OrderedDict,
-                                    object_hook = lambda x: None),
+        self.assertEqual(self.loads(s, object_pairs_hook=OrderedDict,
+                                    object_hook=lambda x: None),
                          OrderedDict(p))
+        # check that empty objects literals are supported (see #17368)
+        self.assertEqual(self.loads('{}', object_pairs_hook=OrderedDict),
+                         OrderedDict())
+        self.assertEqual(self.loads('{"empty": {}}',
+                                    object_pairs_hook=OrderedDict),
+                         OrderedDict([('empty', OrderedDict())]))
 
     def test_decoder_optimizations(self):
         # Several optimizations were made that skip over calls to