diff --git a/src/fake.ts b/src/fake.ts
index 726bf89695e..4261ebebbc2 100644
--- a/src/fake.ts
+++ b/src/fake.ts
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ export class Fake {
     // replace the found tag with the returned fake value
     res = str.replace('{{' + token + '}}', result);
 
+    if (res === '') {
+      return '';
+    }
+
     // return the response recursively until we are done finding all tags
     return this.fake(res);
   }
diff --git a/test/fake.spec.ts b/test/fake.spec.ts
index d1e18ac484a..a78940eab70 100644
--- a/test/fake.spec.ts
+++ b/test/fake.spec.ts
@@ -46,5 +46,9 @@ describe('fake', () => {
         Error('Invalid method: address.foo')
       );
     });
+
+    it('should be able to return empty strings', () => {
+      expect(faker.fake('{{helpers.repeatString}}')).toBe('');
+    });
   });
 });