diff --git a/terraform/context_plan_test.go b/terraform/context_plan_test.go
index dc6af4acb..9c92b2f43 100644
--- a/terraform/context_plan_test.go
+++ b/terraform/context_plan_test.go
@@ -2010,6 +2010,25 @@ func TestContext2Plan_orphan(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// This tests that configurations with UUIDs don't produce errors.
+// For shadows, this would produce errors since a UUID changes every time.
+func TestContext2Plan_shadowUuid(t *testing.T) {
+	m := testModule(t, "plan-shadow-uuid")
+	p := testProvider("aws")
+	p.DiffFn = testDiffFn
+	ctx := testContext2(t, &ContextOpts{
+		Module: m,
+		Providers: map[string]ResourceProviderFactory{
+			"aws": testProviderFuncFixed(p),
+		},
+	})
+
+	_, err := ctx.Plan()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestContext2Plan_state(t *testing.T) {
 	m := testModule(t, "plan-good")
 	p := testProvider("aws")
diff --git a/terraform/shadow_context.go b/terraform/shadow_context.go
index 226fd396b..5e0e31609 100644
--- a/terraform/shadow_context.go
+++ b/terraform/shadow_context.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package terraform
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/copystructure"
@@ -138,5 +139,17 @@ func (c *shadowContextCloser) CloseShadow() error {
 }
 
 func (c *shadowContextCloser) ShadowError() error {
-	return c.Components.ShadowError()
+	err := c.Components.ShadowError()
+	if err == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// This is a sad edge case: if the configuration contains uuid() at
+	// any point, we cannot reason aboyt the shadow execution. Tested
+	// with Context2Plan_shadowUuid.
+	if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "uuid()") {
+		err = nil
+	}
+
+	return err
 }
diff --git a/terraform/test-fixtures/plan-shadow-uuid/main.tf b/terraform/test-fixtures/plan-shadow-uuid/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b6ec72a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/test-fixtures/plan-shadow-uuid/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+resource "aws_instance" "test" {
+    value = "${uuid()}"
+}