diff --git a/spec/acceptance/vhost_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/vhost_spec.rb
index 109dc9da81..e3b5f3883d 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/vhost_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/vhost_spec.rb
@@ -859,6 +859,10 @@ class { 'apache': }
         docroot    => '/tmp',
         options    => ['Indexes','FollowSymLinks', 'ExecCGI'],
       }
+      apache::vhost { 'test.empty_options':
+        docroot    => '/tmp',
+        options    => [],
+      }
     MANIFEST
     it 'applies cleanly' do
       apply_manifest(pp, catch_failures: true)
@@ -949,6 +953,10 @@ class { 'apache': }
       it { is_expected.to be_file }
       it { is_expected.to contain 'Options Indexes FollowSymLinks ExecCGI' }
     end
+    describe file("#{apache_hash['vhost_dir']}/25-test.empty_options.conf") do
+      it { is_expected.to be_file }
+      it { is_expected.not_to contain 'Options' }
+    end
   end
 
   context 'when a manifest defines $servername' do
diff --git a/templates/vhost/_directories.erb b/templates/vhost/_directories.erb
index b33301023c..137ef7eabc 100644
--- a/templates/vhost/_directories.erb
+++ b/templates/vhost/_directories.erb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <%- if ! directory['geoip_enable'].nil? -%>
     GeoIPEnable <%= scope.call_function('apache::bool2httpd', [directory['geoip_enable']]) %>
     <%- end -%>
-    <%- if directory['options'] -%>
+    <%- if directory['options'] && Array(directory['options']).any? -%>
     Options <%= Array(directory['options']).join(' ') %>
     <%- end -%>
     <%- if provider == 'Directory' -%>