diff --git a/packages/lu/src/parser/lufile/parseFileContents.js b/packages/lu/src/parser/lufile/parseFileContents.js
index 1512674a9..8030b4878 100644
--- a/packages/lu/src/parser/lufile/parseFileContents.js
+++ b/packages/lu/src/parser/lufile/parseFileContents.js
@@ -437,9 +437,8 @@ const parseFeatureSections = function(parsedContent, featuresToProcess) {
     // We are only interested in extracting features and setting things up here.
     (featuresToProcess || []).forEach(section => {
         if (section.Type === INTENTTYPE) {
-            // verify intent exists
-            if (!section.Features || section.Roles) {
-                // Intents can only have features and nothing else.
+            // Intents can only have features and nothing else.
+            if (section.Roles) {    
                 let errorMsg = `Intents can only have usesFeature and nothing else. Invalid definition for "${section.Name}".`;
                 let error = BuildDiagnostic({
                     message: errorMsg,
@@ -447,6 +446,8 @@ const parseFeatureSections = function(parsedContent, featuresToProcess) {
                 })
                 throw (new exception(retCode.errorCode.INVALID_INPUT, error.toString(), [error]));
             }
+            if (!section.Features) return;
+            // verify intent exists
             section.Name = section.Name.replace(/[\'\"]/g, "");
             let intentExists = parsedContent.LUISJsonStructure.intents.find(item => item.name === section.Name);
             if (intentExists !== undefined) {
diff --git a/packages/lu/test/parser/lufile/parseFileContents.modelAsFeature.test.js b/packages/lu/test/parser/lufile/parseFileContents.modelAsFeature.test.js
index 301261ede..c4b72cf3b 100644
--- a/packages/lu/test/parser/lufile/parseFileContents.modelAsFeature.test.js
+++ b/packages/lu/test/parser/lufile/parseFileContents.modelAsFeature.test.js
@@ -19,14 +19,19 @@ describe('Model as feature definitions', function () {
                 .catch(err => done())
         });
         
-        it('Intent can only have features and nothing else empty throws', function (done) {
+        it('Intent can have empty uses feature assignment line', function (done) {
             let luFile = `
-                @ intent xyz
+            ## None
+            - all of them
+            - i want them all
+            - i want to all of them
+            
+            @ intent None
             `;
 
             parseFile.parseFile(luFile)
-                .then(res => done(res))
-                .catch(err => done())
+                .then(res => done())
+                .catch(err => done(err))
         });
 
         it('Intent must be defined before a feature can be added to it.', function(done) {
@@ -849,4 +854,4 @@ describe('Model as feature definitions', function () {
         })
         
     })
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});