diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index e5a7c02..cb295c8 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -10,5 +10,7 @@
     "issues": "http://drupal.org/project/taxonomy_menu",
     "source": "http://cgit.drupalcode.org/taxonomy_menu"
   },
-  "require": { }
+  "require": {
+    "drupal/taxonomy_entity_index": "^1.7"
+  }
 }
diff --git a/config/schema/taxonomy_menu.schema.yml b/config/schema/taxonomy_menu.schema.yml
index 91f73c0..ebdd60d 100644
--- a/config/schema/taxonomy_menu.schema.yml
+++ b/config/schema/taxonomy_menu.schema.yml
@@ -29,3 +29,6 @@ taxonomy_menu.taxonomy_menu.*:
     use_term_weight_order:
       type: boolean
       label: 'Use term weight order'
+    hide_empty_terms:
+      type: boolean
+      label: 'Hide empty terms'
diff --git a/src/Entity/TaxonomyMenu.php b/src/Entity/TaxonomyMenu.php
index c46593d..e307099 100644
--- a/src/Entity/TaxonomyMenu.php
+++ b/src/Entity/TaxonomyMenu.php
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ use Drupal\taxonomy_menu\TaxonomyMenuInterface;
  *     "expanded",
  *     "menu_parent",
  *     "description_field_name",
- *     "use_term_weight_order"
+ *     "use_term_weight_order",
+ *     "hide_empty_terms"
  *   }
  * )
  */
@@ -108,6 +109,13 @@ class TaxonomyMenu extends ConfigEntityBase implements TaxonomyMenuInterface {
    */
   protected $description_field_name;
 
+  /**
+   * The hide empty mode.
+   *
+   * @var bool
+   */
+  public $hide_empty_terms;
+
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
@@ -202,7 +210,6 @@ class TaxonomyMenu extends ConfigEntityBase implements TaxonomyMenuInterface {
     $terms = $termStorage->loadTree($this->getVocabulary(), 0, $this->getDepth() + 1);
 
     $links = [];
-
     // Create menu links for each term in the vocabulary.
     foreach ($terms as $term) {
       if (!$term instanceof TermInterface) {
@@ -211,6 +218,12 @@ class TaxonomyMenu extends ConfigEntityBase implements TaxonomyMenuInterface {
       $mlid = $this->buildMenuPluginId($term, $include_base_plugin_id);
 
       $links[$mlid] = $this->buildMenuDefinition($term, $base_plugin_definition);
+      if ($this->hide_empty_terms) {
+        $child_terms = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('taxonomy_term')->loadTree($this->getVocabulary(), $term->id());
+        if ((count($child_terms) > 0 && !$this->childTermUsed($term->id())) || !$this->termUsed($term->id())) {
+          $links[$mlid]['enabled'] = 0;
+        }
+      }
     }
 
     return $links;
@@ -307,5 +320,74 @@ class TaxonomyMenu extends ConfigEntityBase implements TaxonomyMenuInterface {
 
     return $link;
   }
+  /**
+   * Get the number of nodes for given term.
+   *
+   * @param int $tid
+   *   A taxonomy term id.
+   *
+   * @return int
+   *   The number of nodes the given term is on.
+   */
+  private function termUsed($tid) {
+    $entity_types = \Drupal::config('taxonomy_entity_index.settings')->get('types');
+
+    if (empty($entity_types)) {
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    foreach ($entity_types as $entity_type) {
+      $ids = \Drupal::database()->select('taxonomy_entity_index', 'tn')
+        ->fields('tn', ['entity_id'])
+        ->condition('tid', $tid)
+        ->condition('entity_type', $entity_type)
+        ->execute()
+        ->fetchCol();
+
+      if (!$ids) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      $storage = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage($entity_type);
+      $id_key = $storage->getEntityType()->getKey('id');
+      $count = (int) $storage->getQuery()
+        ->condition('status', 1)
+        ->condition($id_key, $ids, 'IN')
+        ->accessCheck(TRUE)
+        ->count()
+        ->execute();
+
+      if ($count > 0) {
+        return TRUE;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Check taxonomy term if children terms have data or not.
+   *
+   * @param int $tid
+   *   A taxonomy term id.
+   *
+   * @return int
+   *   The number of nodes the given term is on.
+   */
+  private function childTermUsed($tid) {
+    // 1 to get only immediate children, NULL to load entire tree.
+    $depth = 1;
+    $usedChildTerms = [];
+    $child_terms = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('taxonomy_term')->loadTree($this->getVocabulary(), $tid, $depth);
+    foreach ($child_terms as $child_term) {
+      $usedChildTerms[] = $this->termUsed($child_term->tid);
+    }
+    if (in_array(TRUE, $usedChildTerms)) {
+      return TRUE;
+    }
+    else {
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+  }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/Form/TaxonomyMenuForm.php b/src/Form/TaxonomyMenuForm.php
index bfc52d2..89f88f8 100644
--- a/src/Form/TaxonomyMenuForm.php
+++ b/src/Form/TaxonomyMenuForm.php
@@ -177,6 +177,12 @@ class TaxonomyMenuForm extends EntityForm {
       '#default_value' => $taxonomy_menu->use_term_weight_order ?? TRUE,
     ];
 
+    $form['hide_empty_terms'] = [
+      '#type' => 'checkbox',
+      '#title' => $this->t('Hide empty terms'),
+      '#default_value' => isset($taxonomy_menu->hide_empty_terms) ? $taxonomy_menu->hide_empty_terms : TRUE,
+    ];
+
     return $form;
   }
 
diff --git a/taxonomy_menu.info.yml b/taxonomy_menu.info.yml
index 18ff49d..0af6752 100644
--- a/taxonomy_menu.info.yml
+++ b/taxonomy_menu.info.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ description: Embed a taxonomy tree into a menu
 core_version_requirement: ^9.1 || ^10
 package: Menu
 configure: entity.taxonomy_menu.collection
+dependencies:
+  - taxonomy_entity_index:taxonomy_entity_index
 
 # Information added by Drupal.org packaging script on 2023-02-22
 version: '8.x-3.6'