diff --git a/builtin/providers/azurerm/resourceid.go b/builtin/providers/azurerm/resourceid.go
index 281bd8f9b..4f89945e7 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/azurerm/resourceid.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/azurerm/resourceid.go
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ func parseAzureResourceID(id string) (*ResourceID, error) {
 		key := components[current]
 		value := components[current+1]
 
+		// Check key/value for empty strings.
+		if key == "" || value == "" {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Key/Value cannot be empty strings. Key: '%s', Value: '%s'", key, value)
+		}
+
 		// Catch the subscriptionID before it can be overwritten by another "subscriptions"
 		// value in the ID which is the case for the Service Bus subscription resource
 		if key == "subscriptions" && subscriptionID == "" {
diff --git a/builtin/providers/azurerm/resourceid_test.go b/builtin/providers/azurerm/resourceid_test.go
index dff6ed800..4359b70d1 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/azurerm/resourceid_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/azurerm/resourceid_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,18 @@ func TestParseAzureResourceID(t *testing.T) {
 		expectedResourceID *ResourceID
 		expectError        bool
 	}{
+		{
+			// Missing "resourceGroups".
+			"/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000//myResourceGroup/",
+			nil,
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			// Empty resource group ID.
+			"/subscriptions/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/resourceGroups//",
+			nil,
+			true,
+		},
 		{
 			"random",
 			nil,