diff --git a/hcl2template/testdata/empty/.gitkeep b/hcl2template/testdata/empty/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/hcl2template/types.packer_config_test.go b/hcl2template/types.packer_config_test.go
index 0a04a49fb..38afe10da 100644
--- a/hcl2template/types.packer_config_test.go
+++ b/hcl2template/types.packer_config_test.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func TestParser_complete(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{"dir with no config files",
 			defaultParser,
-			parseTestArgs{"testdata/"},
+			parseTestArgs{"testdata/empty"},
 			nil,
 			true, true,
 			nil,