diff --git a/handlers/views_handler_field_numeric.inc b/handlers/views_handler_field_numeric.inc
index d10d3d0..7e5aaaf 100644
--- a/handlers/views_handler_field_numeric.inc
+++ b/handlers/views_handler_field_numeric.inc
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ class views_handler_field_numeric extends views_handler_field {
       }
     }
 
-    // Check to see if hiding should happen before adding prefix and suffix.
-    if ($this->options['hide_empty'] && empty($value) && ($value !== 0 || $this->options['empty_zero'])) {
+    // Check to see if hiding or rewriting if empty should happen before adding prefix and suffix.
+    if (($this->options['empty'] || $this->options['hide_empty']) && empty($value) && ($value !== 0 || $this->options['empty_zero'])) {
       return '';
     }