diff --git a/src/impl/parser.ts b/src/impl/parser.ts
index 12edd80..5ba1c4a 100644
--- a/src/impl/parser.ts
+++ b/src/impl/parser.ts
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ export function parse(text: string, errors: ParseError[] = [], options: ParseOpt
 	function onValue(value: any) {
 		if (Array.isArray(currentParent)) {
 			(<any[]>currentParent).push(value);
-		} else if (currentProperty) {
+		} else if (currentProperty !== null) {
 			currentParent[currentProperty] = value;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/test/json.test.ts b/src/test/json.test.ts
index a5878f2..846afa5 100644
--- a/src/test/json.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/json.test.ts
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ suite('JSON', () => {
 		assertValidParse('{ "hello": [], "world": {} }', { hello: [], world: {} });
 		assertValidParse('{ "hello": { "again": { "inside": 5 }, "world": 1 }}', { hello: { again: { inside: 5 }, world: 1 } });
 		assertValidParse('{ "foo": /*hello*/true }', { foo: true });
+		assertValidParse('{ "": true }', { '': true });
 	});
 
 	test('parse: arrays', () => {