diff --git a/mustache.js b/mustache.js
index 641cebd57..38dab6a10 100644
--- a/mustache.js
+++ b/mustache.js
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ var Mustache = (typeof module !== "undefined" && module.exports) || {};
       // From the spec: inverted sections may render text once based on the
       // inverse value of the key. That is, they will be rendered if the key
       // doesn't exist, is false, or is an empty list.
-      if (value == null || value === false || (isArray(value) && value.length === 0)) {
+      if (!value || (isArray(value) && value.length === 0)) {
         buffer += callback();
       }
     } else if (isArray(value)) {
diff --git a/spec/_files/inverted_section.js b/spec/_files/inverted_section.js
index 2e07fc3a2..0bf7f4c06 100644
--- a/spec/_files/inverted_section.js
+++ b/spec/_files/inverted_section.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 var inverted_section =  {
-  "repos": []
+  "repos": [],
+  "empty_string": ""
 };
diff --git a/spec/_files/inverted_section.mustache b/spec/_files/inverted_section.mustache
index b0a183b10..348e84c3a 100644
--- a/spec/_files/inverted_section.mustache
+++ b/spec/_files/inverted_section.mustache
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 {{#repos}}<b>{{name}}</b>{{/repos}}
 {{^repos}}No repos :({{/repos}}
 {{^nothin}}Hello!{{/nothin}}
+{{^empty_string}}Empty string should be falsey{{/empty_string}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/_files/inverted_section.txt b/spec/_files/inverted_section.txt
index b421582e7..80f50a8da 100644
--- a/spec/_files/inverted_section.txt
+++ b/spec/_files/inverted_section.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 
 No repos :(
 Hello!
+Empty string should be falsey
\ No newline at end of file