diff --git a/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/breadcrumb-validation_2018-04-24-20-18.json b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/breadcrumb-validation_2018-04-24-20-18.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..4b33ce7dc64ce2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/breadcrumb-validation_2018-04-24-20-18.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+      "comment": "Fix props validation for Breadcrumb",
+      "type": "patch"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+  "email": "tmichon@microsoft.com"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.base.tsx b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.base.tsx
index 7209e8f3249262..04b58016825d56 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.base.tsx
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.base.tsx
@@ -203,8 +203,10 @@ export class Breadcrumb extends BaseComponent<IBreadcrumbProps, any> {
    * @param props Props to validate
    */
   private _validateProps(props: IBreadcrumbProps): void {
-    const { items, overflowIndex } = props;
-    if (overflowIndex! < 0 || overflowIndex! > items.length - 1) {
+    const { maxDisplayedItems, overflowIndex, items } = props;
+    if (overflowIndex! < 0 ||
+      maxDisplayedItems! > 1 && overflowIndex! > maxDisplayedItems! - 1 ||
+      items.length > 0 && overflowIndex! > items.length - 1) {
       throw new Error('Breadcrumb: overflowIndex out of range');
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.test.tsx b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.test.tsx
index 7004f172c843c0..95047b9a51bfad 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.test.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,17 @@ import * as renderer from 'react-test-renderer';
 import { Breadcrumb, IBreadcrumbItem } from './index';
 
 describe('Breadcrumb', () => {
-  it('renders breadcumb correctly', () => {
+  it('renders empty breadcrumb', () => {
+    const component = renderer.create(
+      <Breadcrumb items={ [] } />
+    );
+
+    const tree = component.toJSON();
+
+    expect(tree).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+
+  describe('basic rendering', () => {
     const items: IBreadcrumbItem[] = [
       { text: 'TestText1', key: 'TestKey1' },
       { text: 'TestText2', key: 'TestKey2' },
@@ -16,48 +26,56 @@ describe('Breadcrumb', () => {
 
     const divider = () => <span>*</span>;
 
-    let component = renderer.create(
-      <Breadcrumb
-        items={ items }
-      />
-    );
-
-    let tree = component.toJSON();
-    expect(tree).toMatchSnapshot();
-
-    // With overflow
-    component = renderer.create(
-      <Breadcrumb
-        items={ items }
-        maxDisplayedItems={ 2 }
-      />
-    );
-
-    tree = component.toJSON();
-    expect(tree).toMatchSnapshot();
-
-    // With custom divider
-    component = renderer.create(
-      <Breadcrumb
-        items={ items }
-        dividerAs={ divider }
-      />
-    );
-
-    tree = component.toJSON();
-    expect(tree).toMatchSnapshot();
-
-    // With overflow and overflowIndex
-    component = renderer.create(
-      <Breadcrumb
-        items={ items }
-        maxDisplayedItems={ 2 }
-        overflowIndex={ 1 }
-      />
-    );
-
-    tree = component.toJSON();
-    expect(tree).toMatchSnapshot();
+    it('renders breadcumb correctly 1', () => {
+      const component = renderer.create(
+        <Breadcrumb
+          items={ items }
+        />
+      );
+
+      const tree = component.toJSON();
+      expect(tree).toMatchSnapshot();
+    });
+
+    it('renders breadcumb correctly 2', () => {
+      // With overflow
+      const component = renderer.create(
+        <Breadcrumb
+          items={ items }
+          maxDisplayedItems={ 2 }
+        />
+      );
+
+      const tree = component.toJSON();
+      expect(tree).toMatchSnapshot();
+    });
+
+    it('renders breadcumb correctly 3', () => {
+      // With custom divider
+      const component = renderer.create(
+        <Breadcrumb
+          items={ items }
+          dividerAs={ divider }
+        />
+      );
+
+      const tree = component.toJSON();
+      expect(tree).toMatchSnapshot();
+    });
+
+    it('renders breadcumb correctly 4', () => {
+      // With overflow and overflowIndex
+      const component = renderer.create(
+        <Breadcrumb
+          items={ items }
+          maxDisplayedItems={ 2 }
+          overflowIndex={ 1 }
+        />
+      );
+
+      const tree = component.toJSON();
+      expect(tree).toMatchSnapshot();
+    });
   });
 
   it('can call the callback when an item is clicked', () => {
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Breadcrumb/__snapshots__/Breadcrumb.test.tsx.snap b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Breadcrumb/__snapshots__/Breadcrumb.test.tsx.snap
index 0dc35c4aba18c0..46ad2f7c5ce807 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Breadcrumb/__snapshots__/Breadcrumb.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Breadcrumb/__snapshots__/Breadcrumb.test.tsx.snap
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
 
-exports[`Breadcrumb renders breadcumb correctly 1`] = `
+exports[`Breadcrumb basic rendering renders breadcumb correctly 1 1`] = `
 <div
   className=
       ms-ResizeGroup
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ exports[`Breadcrumb renders breadcumb correctly 1`] = `
         aria-describedby={undefined}
         aria-labelledby={undefined}
         className="ms-FocusZone"
-        data-focuszone-id="FocusZone0"
+        data-focuszone-id="FocusZone1"
         onFocus={[Function]}
         onKeyDown={[Function]}
         onMouseDownCapture={[Function]}
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ exports[`Breadcrumb renders breadcumb correctly 1`] = `
 </div>
 `;
 
-exports[`Breadcrumb renders breadcumb correctly 2`] = `
+exports[`Breadcrumb basic rendering renders breadcumb correctly 2 1`] = `
 <div
   className=
       ms-ResizeGroup
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ exports[`Breadcrumb renders breadcumb correctly 2`] = `
         aria-describedby={undefined}
         aria-labelledby={undefined}
         className="ms-FocusZone"
-        data-focuszone-id="FocusZone5"
+        data-focuszone-id="FocusZone6"
         onFocus={[Function]}
         onKeyDown={[Function]}
         onMouseDownCapture={[Function]}
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ exports[`Breadcrumb renders breadcumb correctly 2`] = `
 </div>
 `;
 
-exports[`Breadcrumb renders breadcumb correctly 3`] = `
+exports[`Breadcrumb basic rendering renders breadcumb correctly 3 1`] = `
 <div
   className=
       ms-ResizeGroup
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ exports[`Breadcrumb renders breadcumb correctly 3`] = `
         aria-describedby={undefined}
         aria-labelledby={undefined}
         className="ms-FocusZone"
-        data-focuszone-id="FocusZone11"
+        data-focuszone-id="FocusZone12"
         onFocus={[Function]}
         onKeyDown={[Function]}
         onMouseDownCapture={[Function]}
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ exports[`Breadcrumb renders breadcumb correctly 3`] = `
 </div>
 `;
 
-exports[`Breadcrumb renders breadcumb correctly 4`] = `
+exports[`Breadcrumb basic rendering renders breadcumb correctly 4 1`] = `
 <div
   className=
       ms-ResizeGroup
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ exports[`Breadcrumb renders breadcumb correctly 4`] = `
         aria-describedby={undefined}
         aria-labelledby={undefined}
         className="ms-FocusZone"
-        data-focuszone-id="FocusZone16"
+        data-focuszone-id="FocusZone17"
         onFocus={[Function]}
         onKeyDown={[Function]}
         onMouseDownCapture={[Function]}
@@ -688,3 +688,44 @@ exports[`Breadcrumb renders breadcumb correctly 4`] = `
   </div>
 </div>
 `;
+
+exports[`Breadcrumb renders empty breadcrumb 1`] = `
+<div
+  className=
+      ms-ResizeGroup
+      {
+        display: block;
+        position: relative;
+      }
+>
+  <div
+    style={
+      Object {
+        "position": "fixed",
+        "visibility": "hidden",
+      }
+    }
+  >
+    <div
+      aria-label={undefined}
+      className="ms-Breadcrumb"
+      role="navigation"
+    >
+      <div
+        aria-describedby={undefined}
+        aria-labelledby={undefined}
+        className="ms-FocusZone"
+        data-focuszone-id="FocusZone0"
+        onFocus={[Function]}
+        onKeyDown={[Function]}
+        onMouseDownCapture={[Function]}
+        role="presentation"
+      >
+        <ol
+          className="ms-Breadcrumb-list"
+        />
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+`;