diff --git a/nativescript-core/css/css-tree-parser.ts b/nativescript-core/css/css-tree-parser.ts
index b7aa1413f..e0fba18da 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/css/css-tree-parser.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/css/css-tree-parser.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ function transformAst(node, css, type = null) {
         return {
             type: "stylesheet",
             stylesheet: {
-                rules: node.children.map(child => transformAst(child, css)).toArray(),
+                rules: node.children.map(child => transformAst(child, css)).filter(child => child !== null).toArray(),
                 parsingErrors: []
             }
         };
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ function transformAst(node, css, type = null) {
     }
 
     if (node.type === "Block") {
-        return node.children.map(child => transformAst(child, css, type)).toArray();
+        return node.children.map(child => transformAst(child, css, type)).filter(child => child !== null).toArray();
     }
 
     if (node.type === "Rule") {
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ function transformAst(node, css, type = null) {
         };
     }
 
+    if (node.type === "Raw") {
+        return null;
+    }
+
     throw Error(`Unknown node type ${node.type}`);
 }
 
diff --git a/unit-tests/css-tree-parser/css-tree-parser.ts b/unit-tests/css-tree-parser/css-tree-parser.ts
index c72e7f098..e3e738d99 100644
--- a/unit-tests/css-tree-parser/css-tree-parser.ts
+++ b/unit-tests/css-tree-parser/css-tree-parser.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ describe("css-tree parser compatible with rework ", () => {
         assert.deepEqual(cssTreeAST, reworkAST);
     });
 
+    it("empty rule", () => {
+        const css = `.test {
+            color: red;
+            ;
+        }`;
+        const reworkAST = reworkCssParse(css, { source: "file.css" });
+        const cssTreeAST = cssTreeParse(css, "file.css");
+        assert.deepEqual(cssTreeAST, reworkAST);
+    });
+
     it("@keyframes", () => {
         const testCase = ".test { animation-name: test; } @keyframes test { from { background-color: red; } to { background-color: blue; } } .test { color: red; }";
         const reworkAST = reworkCssParse(testCase, { source: "file.css" });