diff --git a/encode_test.go b/encode_test.go
index ce6a336..58e50b5 100644
--- a/encode_test.go
+++ b/encode_test.go
@@ -2339,3 +2339,22 @@ func TestIssue318(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to encode. expected %s but got %s", expected, string(b))
 	}
 }
+
+type emptyStringMarshaler struct {
+	Value stringMarshaler `json:"value,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type stringMarshaler string
+
+func (s stringMarshaler) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return []byte(`"` + s + `"`), nil
+}
+
+func TestEmptyStringMarshaler(t *testing.T) {
+	value := emptyStringMarshaler{}
+	expected, err := stdjson.Marshal(value)
+	assertErr(t, err)
+	got, err := json.Marshal(value)
+	assertErr(t, err)
+	assertEq(t, "struct", string(expected), string(got))
+}
diff --git a/internal/encoder/encoder.go b/internal/encoder/encoder.go
index d210ec4..14eb6a0 100644
--- a/internal/encoder/encoder.go
+++ b/internal/encoder/encoder.go
@@ -589,6 +589,8 @@ func IsNilForMarshaler(v interface{}) bool {
 		return rv.IsNil()
 	case reflect.Slice:
 		return rv.IsNil() || rv.Len() == 0
+	case reflect.String:
+		return rv.Len() == 0
 	}
 	return false
 }