diff --git a/core/pactbroker/src/main/kotlin/au/com/dius/pact/core/pactbroker/PactBrokerClient.kt b/core/pactbroker/src/main/kotlin/au/com/dius/pact/core/pactbroker/PactBrokerClient.kt
index e229e0b0a..ff812f1bf 100644
--- a/core/pactbroker/src/main/kotlin/au/com/dius/pact/core/pactbroker/PactBrokerClient.kt
+++ b/core/pactbroker/src/main/kotlin/au/com/dius/pact/core/pactbroker/PactBrokerClient.kt
@@ -1037,13 +1037,18 @@ open class PactBrokerClient(
       when (val result = halClient.getJson(path, false)) {
         is Result.Ok<JsonValue> -> {
           val summary: JsonValue.Object = result.value["summary"].downcast()
-          val verificationResultUrl = result.value["matrix"].asArray()
-            ?.get(0)?.asObject()
-            ?.get("verificationResult")?.asObject()
-            ?.get("_links")?.asObject()
-            ?.get("self")?.asObject()
-            ?.get("href")
-            ?.let{ url -> Json.toString(url) }
+          val matrix = result.value["matrix"]
+          val verificationResultUrl = if (matrix.isArray && matrix.size() > 0) {
+            result.value["matrix"].asArray()
+              ?.get(0)?.asObject()
+              ?.get("verificationResult")?.asObject()
+              ?.get("_links")?.asObject()
+              ?.get("self")?.asObject()
+              ?.get("href")
+              ?.let{ url -> Json.toString(url) }
+          } else {
+            null
+          }
           CanIDeployResult(Json.toBoolean(summary["deployable"]), "", Json.toString(summary["reason"]),
             Json.toInteger(summary["unknown"]), verificationResultUrl)
         }
diff --git a/core/pactbroker/src/test/groovy/au/com/dius/pact/core/pactbroker/PactBrokerClientSpec.groovy b/core/pactbroker/src/test/groovy/au/com/dius/pact/core/pactbroker/PactBrokerClientSpec.groovy
index 1f304a20c..662113746 100644
--- a/core/pactbroker/src/test/groovy/au/com/dius/pact/core/pactbroker/PactBrokerClientSpec.groovy
+++ b/core/pactbroker/src/test/groovy/au/com/dius/pact/core/pactbroker/PactBrokerClientSpec.groovy
@@ -886,4 +886,39 @@ class PactBrokerClientSpec extends Specification {
     1 * halClient.postJson('pb:provider-pacts-for-verification', [provider: 'provider'], expectedJson) >> new Result.Ok(jsonResult)
     result instanceof Result.Ok
   }
+
+  @Issue('#1814')
+  def 'can-i-deploy - handles an empty matrix response'() {
+    given:
+    def halClient = Mock(IHalClient)
+    def config = new PactBrokerClientConfig(10, 0)
+    PactBrokerClient client = Spy(PactBrokerClient, constructorArgs: ['baseUrl', [:], config]) {
+      newHalClient() >> halClient
+    }
+    def json = JsonParser.parseString('''
+    |{
+    |    "summary": {
+    |      "deployable": true,
+    |      "reason": "There are no missing dependencies",
+    |      "success": 0,
+    |      "failed": 0,
+    |      "unknown": 0
+    |    },
+    |    "notices": [
+    |      {
+    |        "type": "success",
+    |        "text": "There are no missing dependencies"
+    |      }
+    |    ],
+    |    "matrix": []
+    |}'''.stripMargin())
+
+    when:
+    def result = client.canIDeploy('test', '1.2.3', new Latest.UseLatest(true), null)
+
+    then:
+    1 * halClient.getJson(_, _) >> new Result.Ok(json)
+    result.ok
+    !result.verificationResultUrl
+  }
 }