diff --git a/framework/CHANGELOG.md b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
index 08ea384d31..93f7bd2ff3 100644
--- a/framework/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Bug #13306: Wildcard in `reloadableScripts` in `yii.js` allows 0 characters (arogachev)
 - Bug #13340: Fixed `yii\db\Connection::useMaster()` - Exception within callback completely disables slaves (Vovan-VE)
 - Bug #13343: Fixed `yii\i18n\Formatter::asTime()` to process time-only values without time zone conversion (bizley)
+- Bug #13418: Fixed `QueryBuilder::batchInsert()` if $rows is `\Generator` (lav45)
 - Bug #13494: Fixed `yii\console\controllers\MessageConstroller::saveMessagesToDb()` to work on different DBMS correctly (silverfire)
 - Bug #13513: Fixed RBAC migration to work correctly on Oracle DBMS (silverfire)
 - Bug #13537: Fixed `yii\web\CacheSession::destroySession()` to work correctly when session is not written yet (silverfire, papalapa)
diff --git a/framework/db/QueryBuilder.php b/framework/db/QueryBuilder.php
index 959bb7c1f9..636a3c71f4 100644
--- a/framework/db/QueryBuilder.php
+++ b/framework/db/QueryBuilder.php
@@ -268,6 +268,9 @@ class QueryBuilder extends \yii\base\Object
             }
             $values[] = '(' . implode(', ', $vs) . ')';
         }
+        if (empty($values)) {
+            return '';
+        }
 
         foreach ($columns as $i => $name) {
             $columns[$i] = $schema->quoteColumnName($name);
diff --git a/framework/db/oci/QueryBuilder.php b/framework/db/oci/QueryBuilder.php
index 4bce7b1cac..829f87b4af 100644
--- a/framework/db/oci/QueryBuilder.php
+++ b/framework/db/oci/QueryBuilder.php
@@ -262,6 +262,9 @@ EOD;
             }
             $values[] = '(' . implode(', ', $vs) . ')';
         }
+        if (empty($values)) {
+            return '';
+        }
 
         foreach ($columns as $i => $name) {
             $columns[$i] = $schema->quoteColumnName($name);
diff --git a/framework/db/pgsql/QueryBuilder.php b/framework/db/pgsql/QueryBuilder.php
index 77b3ae91df..54fcfb7722 100644
--- a/framework/db/pgsql/QueryBuilder.php
+++ b/framework/db/pgsql/QueryBuilder.php
@@ -316,6 +316,9 @@ class QueryBuilder extends \yii\db\QueryBuilder
             }
             $values[] = '(' . implode(', ', $vs) . ')';
         }
+        if (empty($values)) {
+            return '';
+        }
 
         foreach ($columns as $i => $name) {
             $columns[$i] = $schema->quoteColumnName($name);
diff --git a/framework/db/sqlite/QueryBuilder.php b/framework/db/sqlite/QueryBuilder.php
index 41ec8fb711..4101f1a8f4 100644
--- a/framework/db/sqlite/QueryBuilder.php
+++ b/framework/db/sqlite/QueryBuilder.php
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ class QueryBuilder extends \yii\db\QueryBuilder
             }
             $values[] = implode(', ', $vs);
         }
+        if (empty($values)) {
+            return '';
+        }
 
         foreach ($columns as $i => $name) {
             $columns[$i] = $schema->quoteColumnName($name);
diff --git a/tests/framework/db/CommandTest.php b/tests/framework/db/CommandTest.php
index b7ebad2747..5ce2ae246a 100644
--- a/tests/framework/db/CommandTest.php
+++ b/tests/framework/db/CommandTest.php
@@ -298,6 +298,15 @@ SQL;
         $this->assertEquals(0, $command->execute());
     }
 
+    public function testBatchInsertWithYield()
+    {
+        if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.5', '<')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('The yield function is only supported with php 5.5 =< version');
+        } else {
+            include __DIR__ . '/testBatchInsertWithYield.php';
+        }
+    }
+
     public function testInsert()
     {
         $db = $this->getConnection();
@@ -559,7 +568,6 @@ SQL;
         ], $records);
     }
 
-
     public function testDropTable()
     {
         $db = $this->getConnection();
diff --git a/tests/framework/db/testBatchInsertWithYield.php b/tests/framework/db/testBatchInsertWithYield.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6616d0fb03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/framework/db/testBatchInsertWithYield.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @var $this \yiiunit\framework\db\CommandTest
+ */
+
+$rows = call_user_func(function () {
+    if (false) {
+        yield [];
+    }
+});
+
+$command = $this->getConnection()->createCommand();
+$command->batchInsert(
+    '{{customer}}',
+    ['email', 'name', 'address'],
+    $rows
+);
+$this->assertEquals(0, $command->execute());