diff --git a/lib/inspec/resources/groups.rb b/lib/inspec/resources/groups.rb
index f7bfe726a..a354e8e8a 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/resources/groups.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/resources/groups.rb
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ module Inspec::Resources
     end
 
     def members
-      flatten_entry(group_info, "members")
+      flatten_entry(group_info, "members") || []
     end
 
     def members_array
diff --git a/test/fixtures/files/etcgroup b/test/fixtures/files/etcgroup
index 3dc879da9..ad92d77a5 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/files/etcgroup
+++ b/test/fixtures/files/etcgroup
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # comment
 root:x:0:
 www-data:x:33:www-data,root
-GroupWithCaps:x:999:
\ No newline at end of file
+GroupWithCaps:x:999:
+sftpusers:x:1000:sftponly
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/unit/resources/etc_group_test.rb b/test/unit/resources/etc_group_test.rb
index b53fecdc6..7075ae814 100644
--- a/test/unit/resources/etc_group_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/resources/etc_group_test.rb
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ describe "Inspec::Resources::EtcGroup" do
   let(:resource) { load_resource("etc_group") }
 
   it "verify /etc/group config parsing" do
-    _(resource.gids).must_equal [0, 33, 999]
-    _(resource.groups).must_equal %w{ root www-data GroupWithCaps }
-    _(resource.users).must_equal %w{ www-data root }
+    _(resource.gids).must_equal [0, 33, 999, 1000]
+    _(resource.groups).must_equal %w{ root www-data GroupWithCaps sftpusers }
+    _(resource.users).must_equal %w{ www-data root sftponly }
   end
 
   it "verify group filter with no users" do
diff --git a/test/unit/resources/group_test.rb b/test/unit/resources/group_test.rb
index 3cab79fa3..f5c3826c4 100644
--- a/test/unit/resources/group_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/resources/group_test.rb
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ describe "Inspec::Resources::Group" do
     resource = MockLoader.new(:windows).load_resource("group", "dhcp")
     _(resource.exists?).must_equal false
     _(resource.gid).must_be_nil
-    _(resource.members).must_be_nil
+    _(resource.members).must_equal []
     _(resource.members_array).must_equal []
   end
 
@@ -96,4 +96,18 @@ describe "Inspec::Resources::Group" do
     _(resource.exists?).must_equal false
     _(resource.gid).must_be_nil
   end
+
+  # centos7
+  it "verify group on centos7 with members" do
+    resource = MockLoader.new(:centos7).load_resource("group", "sftpusers")
+    _(resource.exists?).must_equal true
+    _(resource.members).must_include "sftponly"
+  end
+
+  # centos with non-existent group member
+  it "verify non-existent group member on centos" do
+    resource = MockLoader.new(:centos7).load_resource("group", "root")
+    _(resource.exists?).must_equal true
+    _(resource.members).must_equal []
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/unit/resources/groups_test.rb b/test/unit/resources/groups_test.rb
index 98390e6a8..2dda3a9fc 100644
--- a/test/unit/resources/groups_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/resources/groups_test.rb
@@ -7,18 +7,18 @@ describe "groups resource on unix platform" do
 
   describe "no arguments" do
     it "finds all group names" do
-      _(resource.names.count).must_equal 3
-      _(resource.names).must_equal %w{root www-data GroupWithCaps}
+      _(resource.names.count).must_equal 4
+      _(resource.names).must_equal %w{root www-data GroupWithCaps sftpusers}
     end
 
     it "finds all group gids" do
-      _(resource.gids.count).must_equal 3
-      _(resource.gids).must_equal [0, 33, 999]
+      _(resource.gids.count).must_equal 4
+      _(resource.gids).must_equal [0, 33, 999, 1000]
     end
 
     it "finds no group domains" do
-      _(resource.domains.count).must_equal 3
-      _(resource.domains).must_equal [nil, nil, nil]
+      _(resource.domains.count).must_equal 4
+      _(resource.domains).must_equal [nil, nil, nil, nil]
     end
   end