diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/GetRandomCommand.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/GetRandomCommand.cs
index 1a7c4b1a8d6..f621dd3c7b3 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/GetRandomCommand.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/GetRandomCommand.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ public class GetRandomCommand : PSCmdlet
 
         private const string RandomNumberParameterSet = "RandomNumberParameterSet";
         private const string RandomListItemParameterSet = "RandomListItemParameterSet";
+        private static readonly object[] _nullInArray = new object[] { null };
 
         private enum MyParameterSet
         {
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ private double ConvertToDouble(object o, double defaultIfNull)
         /// List from which random elements are chosen.
         /// </summary>
         [Parameter(ParameterSetName = RandomListItemParameterSet, ValueFromPipeline = true, Position = 0, Mandatory = true)]
-        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty]
+        [System.Management.Automation.AllowNull]
         [SuppressMessage("Microsoft.Performance", "CA1819:PropertiesShouldNotReturnArrays")]
         public object[] InputObject { get; set; }
 
@@ -491,9 +492,11 @@ protected override void ProcessRecord()
         {
             if (EffectiveParameterSet == MyParameterSet.RandomListItem)
             {
-                foreach (object item in InputObject)
+                // this allows for $null to be in an array passed to InputObject
+                foreach (object item in InputObject ?? _nullInArray)
                 {
-                    if (_numberOfProcessedListItems < Count) // (3)
+                    // (3)
+                    if (_numberOfProcessedListItems < Count)
                     {
                         Debug.Assert(_chosenListItems.Count == _numberOfProcessedListItems, "Initial K elements should all be included in chosenListItems");
                         _chosenListItems.Add(item);
@@ -501,9 +504,12 @@ protected override void ProcessRecord()
                     else
                     {
                         Debug.Assert(_chosenListItems.Count == Count, "After processing K initial elements, the length of chosenItems should stay equal to K");
-                        if (Generator.Next(_numberOfProcessedListItems + 1) < Count) // (1)
+
+                        // (1)
+                        if (Generator.Next(_numberOfProcessedListItems + 1) < Count)
                         {
-                            int indexToReplace = Generator.Next(_chosenListItems.Count); // (2)
+                            // (2)
+                            int indexToReplace = Generator.Next(_chosenListItems.Count);
                             _chosenListItems[indexToReplace] = item;
                         }
                     }
diff --git a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Get-Random.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Get-Random.Tests.ps1
index d8ee1ee48bf..fa835478e98 100644
--- a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Get-Random.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Get-Random.Tests.ps1
@@ -182,4 +182,16 @@ Describe "Get-Random" -Tags "CI" {
     It "Should throw an error because the hexadecimal number is to large " {
         { Get-Random 0x07FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF } | Should -Throw "Value was either too large or too small for a UInt32"
     }
+
+    It "Should accept collection containing empty string for -InputObject" {
+        1..10 | ForEach-Object {
+            Get-Random -InputObject @('a','b','') | Should -BeIn 'a','b',''
+        }
+    }
+
+    It "Should accept `$null in collection for -InputObject" {
+        1..10 | ForEach-Object {
+            Get-Random -InputObject @('a','b',$null) | Should -BeIn 'a','b',$null
+        }
+    }
 }