diff --git a/homeassistant/components/history/__init__.py b/homeassistant/components/history/__init__.py
index 3b751b86c73..d402aceaa40 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/history/__init__.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/history/__init__.py
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ def states_to_json(
     axis correctly.
     """
     result = defaultdict(list)
+    # Set all entity IDs to empty lists in result set to maintain the order
     if entity_ids is not None:
         for ent_id in entity_ids:
             result[ent_id] = []
@@ -253,7 +254,9 @@ def states_to_json(
     # Append all changes to it
     for ent_id, group in groupby(states, lambda state: state.entity_id):
         result[ent_id].extend(group)
-    return result
+
+    # Filter out the empty lists if some states had 0 results.
+    return {key: val for key, val in result.items() if val}
 
 
 def get_state(hass, utc_point_in_time, entity_id, run=None):
@@ -348,7 +351,6 @@ class HistoryPeriodView(HomeAssistantView):
 
         # Optionally reorder the result to respect the ordering given
         # by any entities explicitly included in the configuration.
-
         if self.use_include_order:
             sorted_result = []
             for order_entity in self.filters.included_entities:
diff --git a/tests/components/history/test_init.py b/tests/components/history/test_init.py
index ebd5991235d..68bc9c5371f 100644
--- a/tests/components/history/test_init.py
+++ b/tests/components/history/test_init.py
@@ -628,3 +628,25 @@ async def test_fetch_period_api(hass, hass_client):
         "/api/history/period/{}".format(dt_util.utcnow().isoformat())
     )
     assert response.status == 200
+
+
+async def test_fetch_period_api_with_include_order(hass, hass_client):
+    """Test the fetch period view for history."""
+    await hass.async_add_job(init_recorder_component, hass)
+    await async_setup_component(
+        hass,
+        "history",
+        {
+            "history": {
+                "use_include_order": True,
+                "include": {"entities": ["light.kitchen"]},
+            }
+        },
+    )
+    await hass.async_add_job(hass.data[recorder.DATA_INSTANCE].block_till_done)
+    client = await hass_client()
+    response = await client.get(
+        "/api/history/period/{}".format(dt_util.utcnow().isoformat()),
+        params={"filter_entity_id": "non.existing,something.else"},
+    )
+    assert response.status == 200