diff --git a/autoload/SpaceVim/api/vim/buffer.vim b/autoload/SpaceVim/api/vim/buffer.vim
index 52a023634..16d87ed26 100644
--- a/autoload/SpaceVim/api/vim/buffer.vim
+++ b/autoload/SpaceVim/api/vim/buffer.vim
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ endfunction
 function! s:self.bufadd(name) abort
   if exists('*bufadd')
     return bufadd(a:name)
+  elseif has('lua') && empty(a:name)
+    let nr = float2nr(luaeval('vim.open().number'))
+    call setbufvar(nr, '&buflisted', 0)
+    return 0
   elseif empty(a:name)
     " create an no-named buffer
     noautocmd 1new