diff --git a/fixtures/multi_valid.yaml b/fixtures/multi_valid.yaml
index a336388..2e8cd70 100644
--- a/fixtures/multi_valid.yaml
+++ b/fixtures/multi_valid.yaml
@@ -179,3 +179,10 @@ spec:
 ---
 # an empty resource with comments
 ---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: List
+items:
+  - apiVersion: v1
+    kind: Namespace
+    metadata:
+      name: b
diff --git a/kubeval/kubeval.go b/kubeval/kubeval.go
index d4c25b5..10e0eef 100644
--- a/kubeval/kubeval.go
+++ b/kubeval/kubeval.go
@@ -277,24 +277,34 @@ func ValidateWithCache(input []byte, schemaCache map[string]*gojsonschema.Schema
 		return results, nil
 	}
 
-	list := struct {
-		Version string
-		Kind    string
-		Items   []interface{}
-	}{}
-
-	unmarshalErr := yaml.Unmarshal(input, &list)
-	isYamlList := unmarshalErr == nil && list.Items != nil
-
-	var bits [][]byte
-	if isYamlList {
-		bits = make([][]byte, len(list.Items))
-		for i, item := range list.Items {
-			b, _ := yaml.Marshal(item)
-			bits[i] = b
+	splitBits := bytes.Split(input, []byte(detectLineBreak(input)+"---"+detectLineBreak(input)))
+	bits := make([][]byte, len(splitBits))
+	j := 0
+
+	// split any list into its elements and add them to "bits"
+	for _, element := range splitBits {
+
+		list := struct {
+			Version string
+			Kind    string
+			Items   []interface{}
+		}{}
+
+		unmarshalErr := yaml.Unmarshal(element, &list)
+		isYamlList := unmarshalErr == nil && list.Items != nil
+
+		if isYamlList {
+			listBits := make([][]byte, len(list.Items))
+			for i, item := range list.Items {
+				b, _ := yaml.Marshal(item)
+				listBits[i] = b
+			}
+			bits = append(bits, listBits...)
+			j += len(list.Items)
+		} else {
+			bits[j] = element
+			j++
 		}
-	} else {
-		bits = bytes.Split(input, []byte(detectLineBreak(input)+"---"+detectLineBreak(input)))
 	}
 
 	var errors *multierror.Error