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diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/resource.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/resource.rb
index b8aaf27..00af282 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/resource.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/resource.rb
@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@ class Puppet::Parser::Resource
             raise ArgumentError, "Resources require a type and title"
         end
 
+           if title.is_a?(String) and title.empty?
+              raise Puppet::ParseError.new("Empty title", options[:line], options[:file])
+           end
+
         @ref = Reference.new(:type => type, :title => title, :scope => self.scope)
 
         @params = {}