diff --git a/command/agent/config.go b/command/agent/config.go
index f56e3e740f..ba72ddeba1 100644
--- a/command/agent/config.go
+++ b/command/agent/config.go
@@ -1292,6 +1292,10 @@ func ReadConfigPaths(paths []string) (*Config, error) {
 			if !strings.HasSuffix(fi.Name(), ".json") {
 				continue
 			}
+			// If the config file is empty, ignore it
+			if fi.Size() == 0 {
+				continue
+			}
 
 			subpath := filepath.Join(path, fi.Name())
 			f, err := os.Open(subpath)
diff --git a/command/configtest_test.go b/command/configtest_test.go
index 43f6295092..65e6e1753b 100644
--- a/command/configtest_test.go
+++ b/command/configtest_test.go
@@ -103,3 +103,28 @@ func TestConfigTestCommandSucceedOnMinimalConfigDir(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("bad: %d", code)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestConfigTestCommandSucceedOnConfigDirWithEmptyFile(t *testing.T) {
+	td, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "consul")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(td)
+
+	err = ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(td, "config.json"), []byte{}, 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	cmd := &ConfigTestCommand{
+		Ui: new(cli.MockUi),
+	}
+
+	args := []string{
+		"-config-dir", td,
+	}
+
+	if code := cmd.Run(args); code != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %d", code)
+	}
+}