diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/827-fixing-bug-for-empty-interfaces-list.yml b/changelogs/fragments/827-fixing-bug-for-empty-interfaces-list.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bdba877fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/827-fixing-bug-for-empty-interfaces-list.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - The inventory script had insufficient error handling in case the Zabbix API provided an empty interfaces list. This bugfix checks for an exisiting interfaces element, then for the minimal length of 1 so that the first interface will only be accessed when it really exists in the api response. (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.zabbix/issues/826)
diff --git a/scripts/inventory/zabbix.py b/scripts/inventory/zabbix.py
index e455a3765..767012848 100644
--- a/scripts/inventory/zabbix.py
+++ b/scripts/inventory/zabbix.py
@@ -103,12 +103,15 @@ def get_host(self, api, name):
         if self.use_host_interface or self.read_host_inventory:
             try:
                 hosts_data = api.host.get(api_query)[0]
+                # check if zabbix api returned a interfaces element
                 if 'interfaces' in hosts_data:
-                    # use first interface only
-                    if hosts_data['interfaces'][0]['useip'] == 0:
-                        data['ansible_ssh_host'] = hosts_data['interfaces'][0]['dns']
-                    else:
-                        data['ansible_ssh_host'] = hosts_data['interfaces'][0]['ip']
+                    # check for a interfaces list that contains at least interface
+                    if len(hosts_data['interfaces']) >= 1:
+                        # use first interface only
+                        if hosts_data['interfaces'][0]['useip'] == 0:
+                            data['ansible_ssh_host'] = hosts_data['interfaces'][0]['dns']
+                        else:
+                            data['ansible_ssh_host'] = hosts_data['interfaces'][0]['ip']
                 if ('inventory' in hosts_data) and (hosts_data['inventory']):
                     data.update(hosts_data['inventory'])
             except IndexError:
@@ -139,12 +142,15 @@ def get_list(self, api):
                     data[groupname] = self.hoststub()
 
                 data[groupname]['hosts'].append(hostname)
+            # check if zabbix api returned a interfaces element
             if 'interfaces' in host:
-                # use first interface only
-                if host['interfaces'][0]['useip'] == 0:
-                    hostvars['ansible_ssh_host'] = host['interfaces'][0]['dns']
-                else:
-                    hostvars['ansible_ssh_host'] = host['interfaces'][0]['ip']
+                # check for a interfaces list that contains at least interface
+                if len(host['interfaces']) >= 1:
+                    # use first interface only
+                    if host['interfaces'][0]['useip'] == 0:
+                        hostvars['ansible_ssh_host'] = host['interfaces'][0]['dns']
+                    else:
+                        hostvars['ansible_ssh_host'] = host['interfaces'][0]['ip']
             if ('inventory' in host) and (host['inventory']):
                 hostvars.update(host['inventory'])
             data['_meta']['hostvars'][hostname] = hostvars