diff --git a/analyzers/its/expected/CSharpLatest/S2094-CSharpLatest-net8.0.json b/analyzers/its/expected/CSharpLatest/S2094-CSharpLatest-net8.0.json
index 62b9978441b..32f361f4377 100644
--- a/analyzers/its/expected/CSharpLatest/S2094-CSharpLatest-net8.0.json
+++ b/analyzers/its/expected/CSharpLatest/S2094-CSharpLatest-net8.0.json
@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@
       "Uri": "https://github.com/SonarSource/sonar-dotnet/blob/master/analyzers/its/sources/CSharpLatest/CSharpLatest/CSharp9Features/Records.cs#L109",
       "Location": "Line 109 Position 15-16"
     },
-    {
-      "Id": "S2094",
-      "Message": "Remove this empty record, write its code or make it an \u0022interface\u0022.",
-      "Uri": "https://github.com/SonarSource/sonar-dotnet/blob/master/analyzers/its/sources/CSharpLatest/CSharpLatest/CSharp9Features/Records.cs#L130",
-      "Location": "Line 130 Position 15-16"
-    },
     {
       "Id": "S2094",
       "Message": "Remove this empty record, write its code or make it an \u0022interface\u0022.",
diff --git a/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.CSharp/Rules/ClassShouldNotBeEmpty.cs b/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.CSharp/Rules/ClassShouldNotBeEmpty.cs
index 7d2a732c671..60504f0074f 100644
--- a/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.CSharp/Rules/ClassShouldNotBeEmpty.cs
+++ b/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.CSharp/Rules/ClassShouldNotBeEmpty.cs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ protected override bool IsEmptyAndNotPartial(SyntaxNode node) =>
         && (node is ClassDeclarationSyntax || IsParameterlessRecord(node));
 
     protected override BaseTypeDeclarationSyntax GetIfHasDeclaredBaseClassOrInterface(SyntaxNode node) =>
-        node is ClassDeclarationSyntax { BaseList: not null } declaration
+        node is TypeDeclarationSyntax { BaseList: not null } declaration
             ? declaration
             : null;
 
diff --git a/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.Common/Rules/ClassShouldNotBeEmptyBase.cs b/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.Common/Rules/ClassShouldNotBeEmptyBase.cs
index 249f49ce9f1..b5396cd597a 100644
--- a/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.Common/Rules/ClassShouldNotBeEmptyBase.cs
+++ b/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.Common/Rules/ClassShouldNotBeEmptyBase.cs
@@ -66,5 +66,5 @@ private static bool ShouldIgnoreType(TDeclarationSyntax node, SemanticModel mode
         model.GetDeclaredSymbol(node) is INamedTypeSymbol classSymbol
             && (classSymbol.BaseType is { IsAbstract: true }
             || classSymbol.DerivesFromAny(BaseClassesToIgnore)
-            || classSymbol.Interfaces.Any());
+            || classSymbol.Interfaces.Any(x => !x.Is(KnownType.System_IEquatable_T))); // every record type implicitly implements System.IEquatable<T>
 }
diff --git a/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.Test/TestCases/ClassShouldNotBeEmpty.CSharp9.cs b/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.Test/TestCases/ClassShouldNotBeEmpty.CSharp9.cs
index 6fa76cadc8c..5aa7ab9b798 100644
--- a/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.Test/TestCases/ClassShouldNotBeEmpty.CSharp9.cs
+++ b/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.Test/TestCases/ClassShouldNotBeEmpty.CSharp9.cs
@@ -61,3 +61,11 @@ namespace Ignore
     partial record EmptyPartialRecord(); // Compliant - partial classes are ignored, so partial record classes are ignored as well
 }
 
+// https://github.com/SonarSource/sonar-dotnet/issues/7709
+namespace Repro_7709
+{
+    interface IMarker { }
+    record ImplementsMarker : IMarker { }
+    record ImplementsEmptyRecordAndMarker : Noncompliant.EmptyRecord, IMarker { }
+}
+