diff --git a/lib/parsers/mp3_parser.rb b/lib/parsers/mp3_parser.rb
index 203d2631..1e5e9a89 100644
--- a/lib/parsers/mp3_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/parsers/mp3_parser.rb
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def to_h
       tag = __getobj__
       MEMBERS.each_with_object({}) do |k, h|
         value = tag.public_send(k)
-        h[k] = value if value
+        h[k] = value if value && !value.empty?
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/MP3/id3v2_with_empty_tag.mp3 b/spec/fixtures/MP3/id3v2_with_empty_tag.mp3
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..87b8de5b
Binary files /dev/null and b/spec/fixtures/MP3/id3v2_with_empty_tag.mp3 differ
diff --git a/spec/parsers/mp3_parser_spec.rb b/spec/parsers/mp3_parser_spec.rb
index ce7ee9b3..e68cf276 100644
--- a/spec/parsers/mp3_parser_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/parsers/mp3_parser_spec.rb
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@
         expect(parsed.album).to be_nil
       end
     end
+
+    context 'when has an empty tag' do
+      let(:fpath) { fixtures_dir + '/MP3/id3v2_with_empty_tag.mp3' }
+
+      it 'ignores the empty tags' do
+        expect(parsed.intrinsics[:genre]).to eq('Rock')
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   it 'decodes and estimates duration for a CBR MP3' do