diff --git a/scripts/e2e/cmd/runner/mfu_one_namespace_one_ingress_test.go b/scripts/e2e/cmd/runner/mfu_one_namespace_one_ingress_test.go
index 720112963..0b2a9c5a6 100644
--- a/scripts/e2e/cmd/runner/mfu_one_namespace_one_ingress_test.go
+++ b/scripts/e2e/cmd/runner/mfu_one_namespace_one_ingress_test.go
@@ -359,6 +359,46 @@ var _ = Describe("MFU", func() {
 			Expect(readBody(resp)).To(Equal("app"))
 		})
 
+		It("[empty-secret] should be able to update application gateway if empty secret is populated", func() {
+			namespaceName := "e2e-empty-secret"
+			ns := &v1.Namespace{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name: namespaceName,
+				},
+			}
+			klog.Info("Creating namespace: ", namespaceName)
+			_, err = clientset.CoreV1().Namespaces().Create(ns)
+			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+
+			EmptySecretYamlPath := "testdata/one-namespace-one-ingress/empty-secret/empty-secret.yaml"
+			klog.Info("Applying empty secret yaml: ", EmptySecretYamlPath)
+			err = applyYaml(clientset, namespaceName, EmptySecretYamlPath)
+			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+			time.Sleep(30 * time.Second)
+
+			AppYamlPath := "testdata/one-namespace-one-ingress/empty-secret/app.yaml"
+			klog.Info("Applying App yaml: ", AppYamlPath)
+			err = applyYaml(clientset, namespaceName, AppYamlPath)
+			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+			time.Sleep(30 * time.Second)
+
+			SecretYamlPath := "testdata/one-namespace-one-ingress/empty-secret/populated-secret.yaml"
+			klog.Info("Update secret yaml: ", SecretYamlPath)
+			err = updateYaml(clientset, namespaceName, SecretYamlPath)
+			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+			time.Sleep(30 * time.Second)
+
+			// get ip address for 1 ingress
+			klog.Info("Getting public IP from Ingress...")
+			publicIP, _ := getPublicIP(clientset, namespaceName)
+			Expect(publicIP).ToNot(Equal(""))
+
+			urlHttps := fmt.Sprintf("https://%s", publicIP)
+			// http get to return 200 ok
+			_, err = makeGetRequest(urlHttps, "example.com", 200, true)
+			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+		})
+
 		AfterEach(func() {
 			// clear all namespaces
 			cleanUp(clientset)
diff --git a/scripts/e2e/cmd/runner/testdata/one-namespace-one-ingress/empty-secret/app.yaml b/scripts/e2e/cmd/runner/testdata/one-namespace-one-ingress/empty-secret/app.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91d343655
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/e2e/cmd/runner/testdata/one-namespace-one-ingress/empty-secret/app.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: backend-deployment
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: app
+  replicas: 1
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: app
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: backendapp
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
+          image: docker.io/kennethreitz/httpbin
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 80
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: backend-service
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: app
+  ports:
+    - protocol: TCP
+      port: 80
+      targetPort: 80
+---
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+kind: Ingress
+metadata:
+  name: ingress
+  annotations:
+    kubernetes.io/ingress.class: azure/application-gateway
+spec:
+  tls:
+    - secretName: testsecret-tls
+      hosts:
+        - example.com
+  rules:
+    - host: example.com
+      http:
+        paths:
+          - path: /
+            backend:
+              serviceName: backend-service
+              servicePort: 80
diff --git a/scripts/e2e/cmd/runner/testdata/one-namespace-one-ingress/empty-secret/empty-secret.yaml b/scripts/e2e/cmd/runner/testdata/one-namespace-one-ingress/empty-secret/empty-secret.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b4bcbb83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/e2e/cmd/runner/testdata/one-namespace-one-ingress/empty-secret/empty-secret.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: testsecret-tls
+type: kubernetes.io/tls
+data:
+  tls.crt: ""
+  tls.key: ""
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/e2e/cmd/runner/testdata/one-namespace-one-ingress/empty-secret/populated-secret.yaml b/scripts/e2e/cmd/runner/testdata/one-namespace-one-ingress/empty-secret/populated-secret.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88672bd67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/e2e/cmd/runner/testdata/one-namespace-one-ingress/empty-secret/populated-secret.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: testsecret-tls
+type: kubernetes.io/tls
+data:
+  tls.crt: LS0tLS1CRUdJTiBDRVJUSUZJQ0FURS0tLS0tCk1JSUJEVENCdEFJSkFLWTlOYkJMVjlJTE1Bb0dDQ3FHU000OUJBTUNNQTh4RFRBTEJnTlZCQU1NQkhSbGMzUXcKSGhjTk1qQXdOVEU0TWpFeU1UUXpXaGNOTWpFd05URTRNakV5TVRReldqQVBNUTB3Q3dZRFZRUUREQVIwWlhOMApNRmt3RXdZSEtvWkl6ajBDQVFZSUtvWkl6ajBEQVFjRFFnQUU2eHlzV0lhZUFkenYveXdUNTl5NDNreXppUGViCmMvaEpLOCt1Nm9uMmtOYjJpZ2tuTDZndU9PYWxsamQxOVB1dTYwYmh4aEpobGJpcHpBcWZCcFYzYnpBS0JnZ3EKaGtqT1BRUURBZ05JQURCRkFpRUFzbGNmNjNId0hxUDZoMHJTdjg3TXlBRVVoWmRoUlNZdm5sMGQyazRxZGtZQwpJRG1qNWdDcFAzTldmZWRVZHh6bTlsOEtxRUl2c1VxL1hXYWxUODhTWitWQQotLS0tLUVORCBDRVJUSUZJQ0FURS0tLS0tCg==
+  tls.key: LS0tLS1CRUdJTiBFQyBQQVJBTUVURVJTLS0tLS0KQmdncWhrak9QUU1CQnc9PQotLS0tLUVORCBFQyBQQVJBTUVURVJTLS0tLS0KLS0tLS1CRUdJTiBFQyBQUklWQVRFIEtFWS0tLS0tCk1IY0NBUUVFSUdQeE1qSytnOEd1dWhlMW1PQUZHY1V3V09xdHZRbjZCTHBQZVJGUTZUNHhvQW9HQ0NxR1NNNDkKQXdFSG9VUURRZ0FFNnh5c1dJYWVBZHp2L3l3VDU5eTQza3l6aVBlYmMvaEpLOCt1Nm9uMmtOYjJpZ2tuTDZndQpPT2FsbGpkMTlQdXU2MGJoeGhKaGxiaXB6QXFmQnBWM2J3PT0KLS0tLS1FTkQgRUMgUFJJVkFURSBLRVktLS0tLQo=
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/e2e/go.mod b/scripts/e2e/go.mod
index 170b4fafc..5f25c68a0 100644
--- a/scripts/e2e/go.mod
+++ b/scripts/e2e/go.mod
@@ -23,5 +23,6 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.16.5
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.16.5
 	k8s.io/klog v1.0.0
+	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.0.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20200414100711-2df71ebbae66 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/scripts/e2e/go.sum b/scripts/e2e/go.sum
index 778f142f9..3330a2264 100644
--- a/scripts/e2e/go.sum
+++ b/scripts/e2e/go.sum
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:50XU6AFN0ol/bzJsmQLi
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7 h1:IXs+QLmnXW2CcXuY+8Mzv/fWEsPGWxqefPtCP5CnV9I=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v0.0.0-20150909031657-73d445a93680/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2HViK6kFavaiC9ZROes6MMH2rRYeMEF04=
+github.com/go-logr/logr v0.1.0 h1:M1Tv3VzNlEHg6uyACnRdtrploV2P7wZqH8BoQMtz0cg=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v0.1.0/go.mod h1:ixOQHD9gLJUVQQ2ZOR7zLEifBX6tGkNJF4QyIY7sIas=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.0.0-20160704185906-46af16f9f7b1/go.mod h1:+35s3my2LFTysnkMfxsJBAMHj/DoqoB9knIWoYG/Vk0=
 github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.0.0-20160704190145-13c6e3589ad9/go.mod h1:W3Z9FmVs9qj+KR4zFKmDPGiLdk1D9Rlm7cyMvf57TTg=
@@ -237,6 +238,7 @@ k8s.io/klog v0.0.0-20181102134211-b9b56d5dfc92/go.mod h1:Gq+BEi5rUBO/HRz0bTSXDUc
 k8s.io/klog v0.3.0/go.mod h1:Gq+BEi5rUBO/HRz0bTSXDUcqjScdoY3a9IHpCEIOOfk=
 k8s.io/klog v1.0.0 h1:Pt+yjF5aB1xDSVbau4VsWe+dQNzA0qv1LlXdC2dF6Q8=
 k8s.io/klog v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4Bi6QPql/J/LkTDqv7R/cd3hPo4k2DG6Ptcz060Ez5I=
+k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.0.0 h1:Foj74zO6RbjjP4hBEKjnYtjjAhGg4jNynUdYF6fJrok=
 k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:PBfzABfn139FHAV07az/IF9Wp1bkk3vpT2XSJ76fSDE=
 k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20190816220812-743ec37842bf/go.mod h1:1TqjTSzOxsLGIKfj0lK8EeCP7K1iUG65v09OM0/WG5E=
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20190801114015-581e00157fb1/go.mod h1:sZAwmy6armz5eXlNoLmJcl4F1QuKu7sr+mFQ0byX7Ew=