diff --git a/k8sdeps/kunstruct/factory.go b/k8sdeps/kunstruct/factory.go
index 44222408f..09bb2bbba 100644
--- a/k8sdeps/kunstruct/factory.go
+++ b/k8sdeps/kunstruct/factory.go
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ func (kf *KunstructuredFactoryImpl) SliceFromBytes(
 		var out unstructured.Unstructured
 		err = decoder.Decode(&out)
 		if err == nil {
+			if len(out.Object) == 0 {
+				continue
+			}
 			err = kf.validate(out)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
diff --git a/k8sdeps/kunstruct/factory_test.go b/k8sdeps/kunstruct/factory_test.go
index 2ef4acaa9..51e2be793 100644
--- a/k8sdeps/kunstruct/factory_test.go
+++ b/k8sdeps/kunstruct/factory_test.go
@@ -109,6 +109,18 @@ WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT:  woot
 			expectedOut: []ifc.Kunstructured{},
 			expectedErr: true,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "emptyObjects",
+			input: []byte(`
+---
+#a comment
+
+---
+
+`),
+			expectedOut: []ifc.Kunstructured{},
+			expectedErr: false,
+		},
 		{
 			name: "Missing .metadata.name in object",
 			input: []byte(`