diff --git a/commands_test.go b/commands_test.go
index c228a14..2e4924a 100644
--- a/commands_test.go
+++ b/commands_test.go
@@ -1084,3 +1084,17 @@ c:
 	assertResult(t, expectedOutput, strings.Trim(gotOutput, "\n "))
 	assertResult(t, os.FileMode(int(0666)), info.Mode())
 }
+
+func TestMergeAllowEmptyCmd(t *testing.T) {
+	cmd := getRootCommand()
+	result := runCmd(cmd, "merge --allow-empty examples/data1.yaml examples/empty.yaml")
+	if result.Error != nil {
+		t.Error(result.Error)
+	}
+	expectedOutput := `a: simple
+b:
+- 1
+- 2
+`
+	assertResult(t, expectedOutput, result.Output)
+}
diff --git a/examples/empty.yaml b/examples/empty.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33fe031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/empty.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# a: apple
+# b: cat