diff --git a/api/krusty/keepemptyarray_test.go b/api/krusty/keepemptyarray_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..924e32f1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/krusty/keepemptyarray_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package krusty_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	kusttest_test "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/testutils/kusttest"
+)
+
+func TestKeepEmptyArray(t *testing.T) {
+	th := kusttest_test.MakeHarness(t)
+	th.WriteF("/app/resources.yaml", `
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: testing123
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector: null
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: event
+        image: testing123
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+      imagePullSecrets: []`)
+
+	th.WriteK("/app", `
+resources:
+- resources.yaml`)
+
+	m := th.Run("/app", th.MakeDefaultOptions())
+	th.AssertActualEqualsExpected(m, `
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: testing123
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector: null
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: testing123
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        name: event
+      imagePullSecrets: []
+`)
+}