diff --git a/lib/lintSource.js b/lib/lintSource.js
index 4484483164..d7fe3f0aca 100644
--- a/lib/lintSource.js
+++ b/lib/lintSource.js
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ function lintPostcssResult(
   postcssResult.stylelint = postcssResult.stylelint || {};
   postcssResult.stylelint.ruleSeverities = {};
   postcssResult.stylelint.customMessages = {};
+  postcssResult.stylelint.stylelintError = false;
   postcssResult.stylelint.quiet = config.quiet;
 
   const postcssDoc = postcssResult.root;
@@ -253,6 +254,6 @@ function createEmptyPostcssResult(
       }
     },
     messages: [],
-    stylelint: { stylelintError: null }
+    stylelint: { stylelintError: false }
   };
 }
diff --git a/system-tests/002/__snapshots__/002.test.js.snap b/system-tests/002/__snapshots__/002.test.js.snap
index 64025f8f4f..e0def88cc6 100644
--- a/system-tests/002/__snapshots__/002.test.js.snap
+++ b/system-tests/002/__snapshots__/002.test.js.snap
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ exports[`002 1`] = `
 Array [
   Object {
     "deprecations": Array [],
-    "errored": undefined,
+    "errored": false,
     "ignored": undefined,
     "invalidOptionWarnings": Array [],
     "parseErrors": Array [],
diff --git a/system-tests/003/__snapshots__/003.test.js.snap b/system-tests/003/__snapshots__/003.test.js.snap
index b02425d184..20a595dd47 100644
--- a/system-tests/003/__snapshots__/003.test.js.snap
+++ b/system-tests/003/__snapshots__/003.test.js.snap
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ exports[`003 1`] = `
 Array [
   Object {
     "deprecations": Array [],
-    "errored": undefined,
+    "errored": false,
     "ignored": undefined,
     "invalidOptionWarnings": Array [],
     "parseErrors": Array [],
diff --git a/system-tests/ignoreFile/.stylelintignore b/system-tests/ignoreFile/.stylelintignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b0ef942d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-tests/ignoreFile/.stylelintignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+stylesheet.css
diff --git a/system-tests/ignoreFile/__snapshots__/ignoreFile.test.js.snap b/system-tests/ignoreFile/__snapshots__/ignoreFile.test.js.snap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e9ba232cc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-tests/ignoreFile/__snapshots__/ignoreFile.test.js.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`005 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "errored": false,
+  "output": "[]",
+  "results": Array [],
+}
+`;
diff --git a/system-tests/ignoreFile/config.json b/system-tests/ignoreFile/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69ec56a465
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-tests/ignoreFile/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "rules": {
+    "comment-no-empty": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/system-tests/ignoreFile/ignoreFile.test.js b/system-tests/ignoreFile/ignoreFile.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cedf84867b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-tests/ignoreFile/ignoreFile.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/* @flow */
+"use strict";
+
+const stylelint = require("../../lib");
+const systemTestUtils = require("../systemTestUtils");
+
+it("ignoreFile", () => {
+  return stylelint
+    .lint({
+      files: [systemTestUtils.caseStylesheetGlob("ignoreFile")],
+      ignorePath: require("path").join(__dirname, ".stylelintignore"),
+      allowEmptyInput: true,
+      configFile: systemTestUtils.caseConfig("ignoreFile")
+    })
+    .then(output => {
+      expect(output).toMatchSnapshot();
+    });
+}, 10000);
diff --git a/system-tests/ignoreFile/stylesheet.css b/system-tests/ignoreFile/stylesheet.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45f5740719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-tests/ignoreFile/stylesheet.css
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+a {
+  color: red /**/
+}