diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/orm/models.py b/bitbake/lib/toaster/orm/models.py
index 0646813552..93506d7c1b 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/orm/models.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/orm/models.py
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ class Task(models.Model):
         (OUTCOME_CACHED, 'This task restored output from the sstate-cache directory or mirrors'),
         (OUTCOME_PREBUILT, 'This task did not run because its outcome was reused from a previous build'),
         (OUTCOME_FAILED, 'This task did not complete'),
+        (OUTCOME_EMPTY, 'This task has no executable content'),
         (OUTCOME_NA, ''),
     )
 
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/task.html b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/task.html
index a8bcb52194..5d79d447b9 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/task.html
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/templates/task.html
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@
 		</code>
             </dd>
         </dl>
+    {%elif task.outcome == task.OUTCOME_EMPTY%}
+        <div class="alert alert-info details">
+            This task is empty because it has the <code>noexec</code> flag set to <code>1</code>, or the task function is empty
+        </div>
     {% endif %}
 {% endif %}
 
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/views.py b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/views.py
index ccf95855a3..6273d4c5ae 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/views.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/toaster/toastergui/views.py
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ def tasks_common(request, build_id, variant):
                                ('Cached Tasks', 'outcome:%d'%Task.OUTCOME_CACHED),
                                ('Prebuilt Tasks', 'outcome:%d'%Task.OUTCOME_PREBUILT),
                                ('Covered Tasks', 'outcome:%d'%Task.OUTCOME_COVERED),
-                               ('Empty Tasks', 'outcome:%d'%Task.OUTCOME_NA),
+                               ('Empty Tasks', 'outcome:%d'%Task.OUTCOME_EMPTY),
                                ]
                    }