diff --git a/lib/loader.js b/lib/loader.js
index 692b1d3d..25abc808 100644
--- a/lib/loader.js
+++ b/lib/loader.js
@@ -902,13 +902,6 @@ function readBlockScalar(state, nodeIndent) {
       continue;
     }
 
-    // Zero-indentation block scalar is not allowed.
-    // If textIndent is still 0 at this point, it means no explicit indentation
-    // indicator was given and no indentation was detected in content lines.
-    if (!detectedIndent && textIndent === 0) {
-      throwError(state, 'missing indentation for block scalar');
-    }
-
     // End of the scalar.
     if (state.lineIndent < textIndent) {
 
diff --git a/test/issues/0144.js b/test/issues/0144.js
index 1abc90c9..4abfb6a9 100644
--- a/test/issues/0144.js
+++ b/test/issues/0144.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 'use strict';
 
+
 var assert = require('assert');
 var yaml   = require('../../');
 
 
 it('Infinite loop when attempting to parse multi-line scalar document that is not indented', function () {
-  // Block scalar with zero indentation should throw an error (issue #280)
-  assert.throws(() => yaml.load('--- |\nfoo\n'), /missing indentation for block scalar/);
+  assert.strictEqual(yaml.load('--- |\nfoo\n'), 'foo\n');
 });