diff --git a/ui/app/controllers/clients/client/index.js b/ui/app/controllers/clients/client/index.js
index b3cc6fea0..a918a7b82 100644
--- a/ui/app/controllers/clients/client/index.js
+++ b/ui/app/controllers/clients/client/index.js
@@ -61,19 +61,16 @@ export default class ClientController extends Controller.extend(Sortable, Search
 
   onlyPreemptions = false;
 
-  @computed(
-    'model.allocations.[]',
-    'preemptions.[]',
-    'onlyPreemptions',
-    'selectionNamespace',
-    'selectionJob',
-    'selectionStatus'
-  )
+  @computed('model.allocations.[]', 'preemptions.[]', 'onlyPreemptions')
   get visibleAllocations() {
-    const allocations = this.onlyPreemptions ? this.preemptions : this.model.allocations;
+    return this.onlyPreemptions ? this.preemptions : this.model.allocations;
+  }
+
+  @computed('visibleAllocations.[]', 'selectionNamespace', 'selectionJob', 'selectionStatus')
+  get filteredAllocations() {
     const { selectionNamespace, selectionJob, selectionStatus } = this;
 
-    return allocations.filter(alloc => {
+    return this.visibleAllocations.filter(alloc => {
       if (selectionNamespace.length && !selectionNamespace.includes(alloc.get('namespace'))) {
         return false;
       }
@@ -87,7 +84,7 @@ export default class ClientController extends Controller.extend(Sortable, Search
     });
   }
 
-  @alias('visibleAllocations') listToSort;
+  @alias('filteredAllocations') listToSort;
   @alias('listSorted') listToSearch;
   @alias('listSearched') sortedAllocations;
 
diff --git a/ui/app/templates/clients/client/index.hbs b/ui/app/templates/clients/client/index.hbs
index 429cbce55..7e623678c 100644
--- a/ui/app/templates/clients/client/index.hbs
+++ b/ui/app/templates/clients/client/index.hbs
@@ -325,47 +325,66 @@
         />
       </div>
     </div>
-    <div class="boxed-section-body is-full-bleed">
-      <ListPagination
-        @source={{this.sortedAllocations}}
-        @size={{this.pageSize}}
-        @page={{this.currentPage}} as |p|>
-        <ListTable
-          @source={{p.list}}
-          @sortProperty={{this.sortProperty}}
-          @sortDescending={{this.sortDescending}}
-          @class="with-foot" as |t|>
-          <t.head>
-            <th class="is-narrow"></th>
-            <t.sort-by @prop="shortId">ID</t.sort-by>
-            <t.sort-by @prop="createIndex" @title="Create Index">Created</t.sort-by>
-            <t.sort-by @prop="modifyIndex" @title="Modify Index">Modified</t.sort-by>
-            <t.sort-by @prop="statusIndex">Status</t.sort-by>
-            <t.sort-by @prop="job.name">Job</t.sort-by>
-            <t.sort-by @prop="jobVersion">Version</t.sort-by>
-            <th>Volume</th>
-            <th>CPU</th>
-            <th>Memory</th>
-          </t.head>
-          <t.body as |row|>
-            <AllocationRow
-              @allocation={{row.model}}
-              @context="node"
-              @onClick={{action "gotoAllocation" row.model}}
-              @data-test-allocation={{row.model.id}} />
-          </t.body>
-        </ListTable>
-        <div class="table-foot">
-          <nav class="pagination">
-            <div class="pagination-numbers">
-              {{p.startsAt}}&ndash;{{p.endsAt}} of {{this.sortedAllocations.length}}
-            </div>
-            <p.prev @class="pagination-previous"> &lt; </p.prev>
-            <p.next @class="pagination-next"> &gt; </p.next>
-            <ul class="pagination-list"></ul>
-          </nav>
+    <div class="boxed-section-body {{if this.sortedAllocations.length "is-full-bleed"}}">
+      {{#if this.sortedAllocations.length}}
+        <ListPagination
+          @source={{this.sortedAllocations}}
+          @size={{this.pageSize}}
+          @page={{this.currentPage}} as |p|>
+          <ListTable
+            @source={{p.list}}
+            @sortProperty={{this.sortProperty}}
+            @sortDescending={{this.sortDescending}}
+            @class="with-foot" as |t|>
+            <t.head>
+              <th class="is-narrow"></th>
+              <t.sort-by @prop="shortId">ID</t.sort-by>
+              <t.sort-by @prop="createIndex" @title="Create Index">Created</t.sort-by>
+              <t.sort-by @prop="modifyIndex" @title="Modify Index">Modified</t.sort-by>
+              <t.sort-by @prop="statusIndex">Status</t.sort-by>
+              <t.sort-by @prop="job.name">Job</t.sort-by>
+              <t.sort-by @prop="jobVersion">Version</t.sort-by>
+              <th>Volume</th>
+              <th>CPU</th>
+              <th>Memory</th>
+            </t.head>
+            <t.body as |row|>
+              <AllocationRow
+                @allocation={{row.model}}
+                @context="node"
+                @onClick={{action "gotoAllocation" row.model}}
+                @data-test-allocation={{row.model.id}} />
+            </t.body>
+          </ListTable>
+          <div class="table-foot">
+            <nav class="pagination">
+              <div class="pagination-numbers">
+                {{p.startsAt}}&ndash;{{p.endsAt}} of {{this.sortedAllocations.length}}
+              </div>
+              <p.prev @class="pagination-previous"> &lt; </p.prev>
+              <p.next @class="pagination-next"> &gt; </p.next>
+              <ul class="pagination-list"></ul>
+            </nav>
+          </div>
+        </ListPagination>
+      {{else}}
+        <div data-test-empty-allocations-list class="empty-message">
+          {{#if (eq this.visibleAllocations.length 0)}}
+            <h3 data-test-empty-allocations-list-headline class="empty-message-headline">No Allocations</h3>
+            <p data-test-empty-allocations-list-body class="empty-message-body">
+              The node doesn't have any allocations.
+            </p>
+          {{else if this.searchTerm}}
+            <h3 data-test-empty-allocations-list-headline class="empty-message-headline">No Matches</h3>
+            <p class="empty-message-body">No allocations match the term <strong>{{this.searchTerm}}</strong></p>
+          {{else if (eq this.sortedAllocations.length 0)}}
+            <h3 data-test-empty-allocations-list-headline class="empty-message-headline">No Matches</h3>
+            <p class="empty-message-body">
+              No allocations match your current filter selection.
+            </p>
+          {{/if}}
         </div>
-      </ListPagination>
+      {{/if}}
     </div>
   </div>
 
diff --git a/ui/tests/acceptance/client-detail-test.js b/ui/tests/acceptance/client-detail-test.js
index f44718255..cfd9042ad 100644
--- a/ui/tests/acceptance/client-detail-test.js
+++ b/ui/tests/acceptance/client-detail-test.js
@@ -130,6 +130,15 @@ module('Acceptance | client detail', function(hooks) {
     );
   });
 
+  test('/clients/:id should show empty message if there are no allocations on the node', async function(assert) {
+    const emptyNode = server.create('node');
+
+    await ClientDetail.visit({ id: emptyNode.id });
+
+    assert.true(ClientDetail.emptyAllocations.isVisible, 'Empty message is visible');
+    assert.equal(ClientDetail.emptyAllocations.headline, 'No Allocations');
+  });
+
   test('each allocation should have high-level details for the allocation', async function(assert) {
     const allocation = server.db.allocations
       .where({ nodeId: node.id })
@@ -1028,6 +1037,19 @@ module('Acceptance | client detail', function(hooks) {
     },
     filter: (alloc, selection) => selection.includes(alloc.clientStatus),
   });
+
+  test('fiter results with no matches display empty message', async function(assert) {
+    const job = server.create('job', { createAllocations: false });
+    server.create('allocation', { jobId: job.id, clientStatus: 'running' });
+
+    await ClientDetail.visit({ id: node.id });
+    const statusFacet = ClientDetail.facets.status;
+    await statusFacet.toggle();
+    await statusFacet.options.objectAt(0).toggle();
+
+    assert.true(ClientDetail.emptyAllocations.isVisible);
+    assert.equal(ClientDetail.emptyAllocations.headline, 'No Matches');
+  });
 });
 
 module('Acceptance | client detail (multi-namespace)', function(hooks) {
diff --git a/ui/tests/pages/clients/detail.js b/ui/tests/pages/clients/detail.js
index daa6e647a..bcfe0d2de 100644
--- a/ui/tests/pages/clients/detail.js
+++ b/ui/tests/pages/clients/detail.js
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ export default create({
 
   ...allocations(),
 
+  emptyAllocations: {
+    scope: '[data-test-empty-allocations-list]',
+    headline: text('[data-test-empty-allocations-list-headline]'),
+    body: text('[data-test-empty-allocations-list-body]'),
+  },
+
   allocationFilter: {
     preemptions: clickable('[data-test-filter-preemptions]'),
     all: clickable('[data-test-filter-all]'),