diff --git a/jjb/verify/voltha-go-controller.yaml b/jjb/verify/voltha-go-controller.yaml
index c3d0860..eb7b8cf 100644
--- a/jjb/verify/voltha-go-controller.yaml
+++ b/jjb/verify/voltha-go-controller.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
           dest-gopath: "github.com/opencord"
           unit-test-targets: 'lint sca test'
           unit-test-keep-going: 'true'
+          # NOTE needed until we have some unit tests in place
+          junit-allow-empty-results: true
 
 # - job-group:
 #     name: 'verify-voltha-go-controller-jobs-voltha-2.9'