diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 6f245609..6e38d28b 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -285,6 +285,9 @@ ${evalStr}
     static evaluateRuleExist (cwd: string, ruleExists: string[] | undefined): boolean {
         if (ruleExists === undefined) return true;
         for (const pattern of ruleExists) {
+            if (pattern == "") {
+                continue;
+            }
             if (globby.sync(pattern, {dot: true, cwd}).length > 0) {
                 return true;
             }
diff --git a/tests/test-cases/rules-exists/.gitlab-ci.yml b/tests/test-cases/rules-exists/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7f80d46b..f9b87498 100644
--- a/tests/test-cases/rules-exists/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/tests/test-cases/rules-exists/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -56,3 +56,10 @@ var-expand-test:
   rules:
     - exists:
         - ${DIR}/recursive.file
+
+rule-exist-empty-string:
+  script:
+    - echo "$CI_JOB_NAME Executed!"
+  rules:
+    - exists:
+        - ""
diff --git a/tests/test-cases/rules-exists/integration.test.ts b/tests/test-cases/rules-exists/integration.test.ts
index efeef958..75c5c46b 100644
--- a/tests/test-cases/rules-exists/integration.test.ts
+++ b/tests/test-cases/rules-exists/integration.test.ts
@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@ test("rules-exists", async () => {
     expect(output).not.toContain("File Skipped!");
     expect(output).not.toContain("Directory Skipped!");
     expect(output).not.toContain("Directory Recursive Skipped!");
+    expect(output).not.toContain("rule-exist-empty-string Executed!");
 });