diff --git a/lib/puppet/face/facts.rb b/lib/puppet/face/facts.rb
index 2b117d0909c..2fbf30e989e 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/face/facts.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/face/facts.rb
@@ -167,7 +167,15 @@
 
       case result
       when Array, Hash
-        Puppet::Util::Json.dump(result, :pretty => true)
+        # JSON < 2.8.0 would pretty print empty arrays and hashes with newlines
+        # Maintain that behavior for our users for now
+        if result.is_a?(Array) && result.empty?
+          "[\n\n]"
+        elsif result.is_a?(Hash) && result.empty?
+          "{\n}"
+        else
+          Puppet::Util::Json.dump(result, :pretty => true)
+        end
       else # one of VALID_TYPES above
         result
       end
diff --git a/spec/unit/application/facts_spec.rb b/spec/unit/application/facts_spec.rb
index 24d08c59a20..c3aecd04257 100644
--- a/spec/unit/application/facts_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/application/facts_spec.rb
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 
     {
       "type_hash" => [{'a' => 2}, "{\n  \"a\": 2\n}"],
+      "type_empty_hash" => [{}, "{\n}"],
       "type_array" => [[], "[\n\n]"],
       "type_string" => ["str", "str"],
       "type_int" => [1, "1"],