diff --git a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomField.php b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomField.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomField.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/customfield/standard/PhabricatorStandardCustomField.php
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@
     }
 
     $field_value = $this->getFieldValue();
-    if (strlen($field_value)) {
+    if (phutil_nonempty_string($field_value)) {
       $document->addField($field_key, $field_value);
     }
   }