diff --git a/handlers/views_handler_field.inc b/handlers/views_handler_field.inc
index c8864c5..a05bdbf 100644
--- a/handlers/views_handler_field.inc
+++ b/handlers/views_handler_field.inc
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ If you would like to have the characters %5B and %5D please use the html entity
       $value = $this->render_altered($alter, $tokens);
     }
 
-    if ((($this->options['hide_empty'] && empty($value)) || ($this->options['hide_alter_empty'] && empty($this->original_value))) && ($value !== 0 || $this->options['empty_zero'])) {
+    if ((($this->options['hide_empty'] && empty($value)) || ($this->options['hide_alter_empty'] && empty($this->original_value))) && (($value !== 0 && $value !== '0') || $this->options['empty_zero'])) {
       return '';
     }