diff --git a/command/agent/alloc_endpoint.go b/command/agent/alloc_endpoint.go
index ce9da1ecc..7668bfd85 100644
--- a/command/agent/alloc_endpoint.go
+++ b/command/agent/alloc_endpoint.go
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) AllocsRequest(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request)
 	}
 
 	setMeta(resp, &out.QueryMeta)
+	if out.Allocations == nil {
+		out.Allocations = make([]*structs.AllocListStub, 0)
+	}
 	return out.Allocations, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/command/agent/eval_endpoint.go b/command/agent/eval_endpoint.go
index 32cddcd16..56c646bd2 100644
--- a/command/agent/eval_endpoint.go
+++ b/command/agent/eval_endpoint.go
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) EvalsRequest(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) (
 	}
 
 	setMeta(resp, &out.QueryMeta)
+	if out.Evaluations == nil {
+		out.Evaluations = make([]*structs.Evaluation, 0)
+	}
 	return out.Evaluations, nil
 }
 
@@ -55,6 +58,9 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) evalAllocations(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request
 	}
 
 	setMeta(resp, &out.QueryMeta)
+	if out.Allocations == nil {
+		out.Allocations = make([]*structs.AllocListStub, 0)
+	}
 	return out.Allocations, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/command/agent/job_endpoint.go b/command/agent/job_endpoint.go
index cdbb6ac7e..4812ee08f 100644
--- a/command/agent/job_endpoint.go
+++ b/command/agent/job_endpoint.go
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) jobListRequest(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request)
 	}
 
 	setMeta(resp, &out.QueryMeta)
+	if out.Jobs == nil {
+		out.Jobs = make([]*structs.JobListStub, 0)
+	}
 	return out.Jobs, nil
 }
 
@@ -86,6 +89,9 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) jobAllocations(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request,
 	}
 
 	setMeta(resp, &out.QueryMeta)
+	if out.Allocations == nil {
+		out.Allocations = make([]*structs.AllocListStub, 0)
+	}
 	return out.Allocations, nil
 }
 
@@ -107,6 +113,9 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) jobEvaluations(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request,
 	}
 
 	setMeta(resp, &out.QueryMeta)
+	if out.Evaluations == nil {
+		out.Evaluations = make([]*structs.Evaluation, 0)
+	}
 	return out.Evaluations, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/command/agent/node_endpoint.go b/command/agent/node_endpoint.go
index 020637759..c872912e0 100644
--- a/command/agent/node_endpoint.go
+++ b/command/agent/node_endpoint.go
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) NodesRequest(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) (
 	}
 
 	setMeta(resp, &out.QueryMeta)
+	if out.Nodes == nil {
+		out.Nodes = make([]*structs.NodeListStub, 0)
+	}
 	return out.Nodes, nil
 }
 
@@ -80,6 +83,9 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) nodeAllocations(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request
 	}
 
 	setMeta(resp, &out.QueryMeta)
+	if out.Allocs == nil {
+		out.Allocs = make([]*structs.Allocation, 0)
+	}
 	return out.Allocs, nil
 }