diff --git a/sdk/exportentities/v1/workflow.go b/sdk/exportentities/v1/workflow.go
index a90f865834..595c83af8e 100644
--- a/sdk/exportentities/v1/workflow.go
+++ b/sdk/exportentities/v1/workflow.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ type ConditionEntry struct {
 	LuaScript       string                `json:"script,omitempty" yaml:"script,omitempty"`
 }
 
-//WorkflowNodeCondition represents a condition to trigger ot not a pipeline in a workflow. Operator can be =, !=, regex
+// WorkflowNodeCondition represents a condition to trigger ot not a pipeline in a workflow. Operator can be =, !=, regex
 type PlainConditionEntry struct {
 	Variable string `json:"variable" yaml:"variable"`
 	Operator string `json:"operator" yaml:"operator"`
@@ -79,20 +79,23 @@ func (w Workflow) Entries() map[string]NodeEntry {
 		return w.Workflow
 	}
 
-	singleEntry := NodeEntry{
-		ApplicationName:        w.ApplicationName,
-		EnvironmentName:        w.EnvironmentName,
-		ProjectIntegrationName: w.ProjectIntegrationName,
-		PipelineName:           w.PipelineName,
-		Conditions:             w.Conditions,
-		When:                   w.When,
-		Payload:                w.Payload,
-		Parameters:             w.Parameters,
-		OneAtATime:             w.OneAtATime,
-	}
-	return map[string]NodeEntry{
-		w.PipelineName: singleEntry,
+	if w.PipelineName != "" {
+		singleEntry := NodeEntry{
+			ApplicationName:        w.ApplicationName,
+			EnvironmentName:        w.EnvironmentName,
+			ProjectIntegrationName: w.ProjectIntegrationName,
+			PipelineName:           w.PipelineName,
+			Conditions:             w.Conditions,
+			When:                   w.When,
+			Payload:                w.Payload,
+			Parameters:             w.Parameters,
+			OneAtATime:             w.OneAtATime,
+		}
+		return map[string]NodeEntry{
+			w.PipelineName: singleEntry,
+		}
 	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (w Workflow) CheckValidity() error {
@@ -209,6 +212,11 @@ func (w Workflow) GetWorkflow() (*sdk.Workflow, error) {
 
 	rand.Seed(time.Now().Unix())
 	entries := w.Entries()
+
+	if len(entries) == 0 {
+		return nil, sdk.NewErrorFrom(sdk.ErrWorkflowInvalid, "a workflow must contains at least 1 pipeline")
+	}
+
 	var attempt int
 	fakeID := rand.Int63n(5000)
 	// attempt is there to avoid infinite loop, but it should not happened because we check validity and dependencies earlier
diff --git a/sdk/exportentities/v1/workflow_test.go b/sdk/exportentities/v1/workflow_test.go
index 4e42c13fe4..974ac21696 100644
--- a/sdk/exportentities/v1/workflow_test.go
+++ b/sdk/exportentities/v1/workflow_test.go
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ func TestWorkflow_GetWorkflow(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "Simple workflow with mutex should not raise an error",
 			fields: fields{
-				Version:      exportentities.ActionVersion1,
+				Version:      exportentities.WorkflowVersion1,
 				Name:         "myworkflow",
 				PipelineName: "pipeline",
 				OneAtATime:   &strue,
@@ -249,8 +249,8 @@ func TestWorkflow_GetWorkflow(t *testing.T) {
 			fields: fields{
 				Version:      exportentities.ActionVersion1,
 				Name:         "myworkflow",
-				PipelineName: "pipeline",
 				Description:  "this is my description",
+				PipelineName: "pipeline",
 				PipelineHooks: []v1.HookEntry{
 					{
 						Model: "Scheduler",
@@ -791,6 +791,24 @@ func TestWorkflow_GetWorkflow(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "Workflow v2 with no nodes",
+			fields: fields{
+				Name:     "myworkflow",
+				Version:  exportentities.WorkflowVersion2,
+				Workflow: map[string]v1.NodeEntry{},
+			},
+			wantErr: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Workflow v1 with no nodes",
+			fields: fields{
+				Name:     "myworkflow",
+				Version:  exportentities.WorkflowVersion1,
+				Workflow: map[string]v1.NodeEntry{},
+			},
+			wantErr: true,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tsts {
diff --git a/sdk/exportentities/v2/workflow.go b/sdk/exportentities/v2/workflow.go
index f40253d5d7..57269999d4 100644
--- a/sdk/exportentities/v2/workflow.go
+++ b/sdk/exportentities/v2/workflow.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ type ConditionEntry struct {
 	LuaScript       string                `json:"script,omitempty" yaml:"script,omitempty"`
 }
 
-//WorkflowNodeCondition represents a condition to trigger ot not a pipeline in a workflow. Operator can be =, !=, regex
+// WorkflowNodeCondition represents a condition to trigger ot not a pipeline in a workflow. Operator can be =, !=, regex
 type PlainConditionEntry struct {
 	Variable string `json:"variable" yaml:"variable"`
 	Operator string `json:"operator" yaml:"operator"`
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func (h HookEntry) IsDefault(model sdk.WorkflowHookModel) bool {
 
 type ExportOptions func(w sdk.Workflow, exportedWorkflow *Workflow) error
 
-//NewWorkflow creates a new exportable workflow
+// NewWorkflow creates a new exportable workflow
 func NewWorkflow(ctx context.Context, w sdk.Workflow, version string, opts ...ExportOptions) (Workflow, error) {
 	exportedWorkflow := Workflow{}
 	exportedWorkflow.Name = w.Name
@@ -433,6 +433,10 @@ func (w Workflow) GetWorkflow(ctx context.Context) (*sdk.Workflow, error) {
 		wf.RetentionPolicy = *w.RetentionPolicy
 	}
 
+	if len(w.Workflow) == 0 {
+		return nil, sdk.NewErrorFrom(sdk.ErrWorkflowInvalid, "a workflow must contains at least 1 pipeline")
+	}
+
 	r := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().Unix()))
 	var attempt int
 	fakeID := r.Int63n(5000)