diff --git a/pyathena/result_set.py b/pyathena/result_set.py
index 77ed7631..f9e860e1 100644
--- a/pyathena/result_set.py
+++ b/pyathena/result_set.py
@@ -455,7 +455,8 @@ def _as_pandas(self):
                                  dtype=self.dtypes,
                                  converters=self.converters,
                                  parse_dates=self.parse_dates,
-                                 infer_datetime_format=True)
+                                 infer_datetime_format=True,
+                                 skip_blank_lines=False)
                 df = self._trunc_date(df)
             else:  # Allow empty response
                 df = pd.DataFrame()
diff --git a/tests/test_pandas_cursor.py b/tests/test_pandas_cursor.py
index 0ad4961f..02535185 100644
--- a/tests/test_pandas_cursor.py
+++ b/tests/test_pandas_cursor.py
@@ -386,3 +386,10 @@ def test_executemany_fetch(self, cursor):
         self.assertRaises(ProgrammingError, cursor.fetchmany)
         self.assertRaises(ProgrammingError, cursor.fetchone)
         self.assertRaises(ProgrammingError, cursor.as_pandas)
+
+    @with_pandas_cursor()
+    def test_not_skip_blank_lines(self, cursor):
+        cursor.execute("""
+        select * from (values (1), (NULL))
+        """)
+        self.assertEqual(len(cursor.fetchall()), 2)