diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/geos/prototypes/io.py b/django/contrib/gis/geos/prototypes/io.py
index ef1031879a..8660e190f5 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/geos/prototypes/io.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/geos/prototypes/io.py
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ import threading
 from ctypes import POINTER, Structure, byref, c_byte, c_char_p, c_int, c_size_t
 
 from django.contrib.gis.geos.base import GEOSBase
-from django.contrib.gis.geos.libgeos import GEOM_PTR, GEOSFuncFactory
+from django.contrib.gis.geos.libgeos import (
+    GEOM_PTR, GEOSFuncFactory, geos_version_tuple,
+)
 from django.contrib.gis.geos.prototypes.errcheck import (
     check_geom, check_sized_string, check_string,
 )
@@ -233,7 +235,7 @@ class WKBWriter(IOBase):
         from django.contrib.gis.geos import Polygon
         geom = self._handle_empty_point(geom)
         wkb = wkb_writer_write(self.ptr, geom.ptr, byref(c_size_t()))
-        if isinstance(geom, Polygon) and geom.empty:
+        if geos_version_tuple() < (3, 6, 1) and isinstance(geom, Polygon) and geom.empty:
             # Fix GEOS output for empty polygon.
             # See https://trac.osgeo.org/geos/ticket/680.
             wkb = wkb[:-8] + b'\0' * 4
@@ -244,7 +246,7 @@ class WKBWriter(IOBase):
         from django.contrib.gis.geos.polygon import Polygon
         geom = self._handle_empty_point(geom)
         wkb = wkb_writer_write_hex(self.ptr, geom.ptr, byref(c_size_t()))
-        if isinstance(geom, Polygon) and geom.empty:
+        if geos_version_tuple() < (3, 6, 1) and isinstance(geom, Polygon) and geom.empty:
             wkb = wkb[:-16] + b'0' * 8
         return wkb
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/install/geolibs.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/install/geolibs.txt
index 61b6c1135b..7800f1ab62 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/install/geolibs.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/install/geolibs.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ geospatial libraries:
 ========================  ====================================  ================================  ===================================
 Program                   Description                           Required                          Supported Versions
 ========================  ====================================  ================================  ===================================
-:doc:`GEOS <../geos>`     Geometry Engine Open Source           Yes                               3.5, 3.4
+:doc:`GEOS <../geos>`     Geometry Engine Open Source           Yes                               3.6, 3.5, 3.4
 `PROJ.4`_                 Cartographic Projections library      Yes (PostgreSQL and SQLite only)  4.9, 4.8, 4.7, 4.6, 4.5, 4.4
 :doc:`GDAL <../gdal>`     Geospatial Data Abstraction Library   Yes                               2.2, 2.1, 2.0, 1.11, 1.10, 1.9
 :doc:`GeoIP <../geoip2>`  IP-based geolocation library          No                                2
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ totally fine with GeoDjango. Your mileage may vary.
     Libs release dates:
     GEOS 3.4.0 2013-08-11
     GEOS 3.5.0 2015-08-15
+    GEOS 3.6.0 2016-10-25
     GDAL 1.9.0 2012-01-03
     GDAL 1.10.0 2013-04-29
     GDAL 1.11.0 2014-04-25
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.11.14.txt b/docs/releases/1.11.14.txt
index 23f16e0651..06fe74464a 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.11.14.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.11.14.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ Django 1.11.14 fixes several bugs in 1.11.13.
 Bugfixes
 ========
 
-* ...
+* Fixed ``WKBWriter.write()`` and ``write_hex()`` for empty polygons on
+  GEOS 3.6.1+ (:ticket:`29460`).
diff --git a/docs/releases/2.0.6.txt b/docs/releases/2.0.6.txt
index 9652e4e63d..c6eb0e028c 100644
--- a/docs/releases/2.0.6.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/2.0.6.txt
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ Bugfixes
 
 * Fixed a regression that added an unnecessary subquery to the ``GROUP BY``
   clause on MySQL when using a ``RawSQL`` annotation (:ticket:`29416`).
+
+* Fixed ``WKBWriter.write()`` and ``write_hex()`` for empty polygons on
+  GEOS 3.6.1+ (:ticket:`29460`).