diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/cards/hui-markdown-card.ts b/src/panels/lovelace/cards/hui-markdown-card.ts
index ec78139c22..5ab0227f18 100644
--- a/src/panels/lovelace/cards/hui-markdown-card.ts
+++ b/src/panels/lovelace/cards/hui-markdown-card.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
 } from "lit";
 import { customElement, property, state } from "lit/decorators";
 import { classMap } from "lit/directives/class-map";
+import { fireEvent } from "../../../common/dom/fire_event";
 import { applyThemesOnElement } from "../../../common/dom/apply_themes_on_element";
 import "../../../components/ha-card";
 import "../../../components/ha-markdown";
@@ -113,7 +114,15 @@ export class HuiMarkdownCard extends LitElement implements LovelaceCard {
     if (changedProps.has("_config")) {
       this._tryConnect();
     }
-
+    const shouldBeHidden =
+      this._templateResult &&
+      this._config.show_empty === false &&
+      this._templateResult.result.length === 0;
+    if (shouldBeHidden !== this.hidden) {
+      this.style.display = shouldBeHidden ? "none" : "block";
+      this.toggleAttribute("hidden", shouldBeHidden);
+      fireEvent(this, "card-visibility-changed", { value: !shouldBeHidden });
+    }
     const oldHass = changedProps.get("hass") as HomeAssistant | undefined;
     const oldConfig = changedProps.get("_config") as
       | MarkdownCardConfig
diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/cards/types.ts b/src/panels/lovelace/cards/types.ts
index f911d48afb..38a94f1ce5 100644
--- a/src/panels/lovelace/cards/types.ts
+++ b/src/panels/lovelace/cards/types.ts
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ export interface MarkdownCardConfig extends LovelaceCardConfig {
   card_size?: number;
   entity_ids?: string | string[];
   theme?: string;
+  show_empty?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface MediaControlCardConfig extends LovelaceCardConfig {