diff --git a/manifests/view.pp b/manifests/view.pp
index 467fc88..7e15048 100644
--- a/manifests/view.pp
+++ b/manifests/view.pp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ define bind::view (
     $recursion_match_clients      = 'any',
     $recursion_match_destinations = '',
     $recursion_match_only         = false,
+    $empty_zones                  = '',
     $order                        = '10',
 ) {
     $confdir = $::bind::confdir
diff --git a/templates/view.erb b/templates/view.erb
index 9270391..3d42e23 100644
--- a/templates/view.erb
+++ b/templates/view.erb
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ view "<%= @name %>" {
 	};
 <%-   end -%>
 <%- end -%>
+<%- if @empty_zones != '' -%>
+	empty-zones-enable <%= @empty_zones ? 'yes' : 'no' %>;
+<%- end -%>
 <%- if @servers and @servers.is_a?(Array) -%>
 <%-   @servers.each do |properties| -%>
 <%-     raise Puppet::Error, 'view servers must have an ip_addr key' unless properties.has_key?('ip_addr') -%>