diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Diagnostics.EventFlow.ServiceFabric/Microsoft.Diagnostics.EventFlow.ServiceFabric.csproj b/src/Microsoft.Diagnostics.EventFlow.ServiceFabric/Microsoft.Diagnostics.EventFlow.ServiceFabric.csproj
index 13a1de05..b03617e2 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Diagnostics.EventFlow.ServiceFabric/Microsoft.Diagnostics.EventFlow.ServiceFabric.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Diagnostics.EventFlow.ServiceFabric/Microsoft.Diagnostics.EventFlow.ServiceFabric.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>Provides types that simplify the use of EventFlow library by Microsoft Service Fabric services.</Description>
     <Copyright>© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.</Copyright>
-    <VersionPrefix>1.1.3</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>1.1.4</VersionPrefix>
     <Authors>Microsoft</Authors>
     <TargetFramework>net451</TargetFramework>
     <PlatformTarget>x64</PlatformTarget>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Diagnostics.EventFlow.ServiceFabric/ServiceFabricDiagnosticPipelineFactory.cs b/src/Microsoft.Diagnostics.EventFlow.ServiceFabric/ServiceFabricDiagnosticPipelineFactory.cs
index e900c38b..55321bba 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Diagnostics.EventFlow.ServiceFabric/ServiceFabricDiagnosticPipelineFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Diagnostics.EventFlow.ServiceFabric/ServiceFabricDiagnosticPipelineFactory.cs
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ internal static IConfigurationRoot ApplyFabricConfigurationOverrides(
                     {
                         string valueReferencePath = ConfigurationPath.Combine(valueReferenceMatch.Groups["section"].Value, valueReferenceMatch.Groups["name"].Value);
                         string newValue = configurationRoot[valueReferencePath];
-                        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(newValue))
+                        if (newValue == null)
                         {
                             healthReporter.ReportWarning(
                                 $"Configuration value reference '{kvp.Value}' was encountered but no corresponding configuration value was found using path '{valueReferencePath}'", 
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.Diagnostics.EventFlow.ServiceFabric.Tests/ServiceFabricTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.Diagnostics.EventFlow.ServiceFabric.Tests/ServiceFabricTests.cs
index 4f6858bc..60433227 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.Diagnostics.EventFlow.ServiceFabric.Tests/ServiceFabricTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.Diagnostics.EventFlow.ServiceFabric.Tests/ServiceFabricTests.cs
@@ -78,6 +78,31 @@ public void ConfigurationUpdatedWithValueReferences()
             Assert.True(isOK, verificationError);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void ReferencedValueCanBeEmpty()
+        {
+            var healthReporterMock = new Mock<IHealthReporter>();
+            var configurationSource = new Dictionary<string, string>()
+            {
+                ["alpha"] = "Alpha",
+                ["bravo:charlie"] = "",
+                ["delta"] = "servicefabric:/bravo/charlie"
+            };
+
+            IConfigurationRoot configuration = (new ConfigurationBuilder()).AddInMemoryCollection(configurationSource).Build();
+            ServiceFabricDiagnosticPipelineFactory.ApplyFabricConfigurationOverrides(configuration, "unused-configuration-package-path", healthReporterMock.Object);
+            healthReporterMock.Verify(o => o.ReportProblem(It.IsAny<string>(), It.IsAny<string>()), Times.Never());
+            healthReporterMock.Verify(o => o.ReportWarning(It.IsAny<string>(), It.IsAny<string>()), Times.Never());
+
+            string verificationError;
+            bool isOK = VerifyConfguration(configuration.AsEnumerable(), configurationSource, out verificationError);
+            Assert.False(isOK, verificationError);
+
+            configurationSource["delta"] = "";
+            isOK = VerifyConfguration(configuration.AsEnumerable(), configurationSource, out verificationError);
+            Assert.True(isOK, verificationError);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void ConfigurationIsNotChangedIfFileReferenceIsEmpty()
         {
@@ -152,7 +177,7 @@ private bool VerifyConfguration<TKey, TValue>(
 
                 if (!valueComparer.Equals(kvp.Value, correspondingPair.Value.Value))
                 {
-                    verificationError = $"The value for key '{kvp.Key}' was expected to be '{kvp.Value}' but instead it is '{correspondingPair.Value.Value}')";
+                    verificationError = $"The value for key '{kvp.Key}' was expected to be '{kvp.Value}' but instead it is '{correspondingPair.Value.Value}'";
                     return false;
                 }
             }