diff --git a/lib/nopt.js b/lib/nopt.js
index dbb2030..1fb1135 100644
--- a/lib/nopt.js
+++ b/lib/nopt.js
@@ -351,8 +351,14 @@ function parse (args, data, remain, types, shorthands) {
         continue
       }
 
-      if (argType === String && la === undefined)
-        la = ""
+      if (argType === String) {
+        if (la === undefined) {
+          la = ""
+        } else if (la.match(/^-{1,2}[^-]+/)) {
+          la = ""
+          i --
+        }
+      }
 
       if (la && la.match(/^-{2,}$/)) {
         la = undefined
diff --git a/test/basic.js b/test/basic.js
index ec2ba26..5c18ac0 100644
--- a/test/basic.js
+++ b/test/basic.js
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ test("Empty String results in empty string, not true", function (t) {
   t.end()
 })
 
+// https://github.com/npm/nopt/issues/65
+test("Empty String should not swallow next flag", function (t) {
+  var parsed = nopt({ empty: String, foo: String }, {}, ["--empty", "--foo"], 0)
+  t.same(parsed.empty, "")
+  t.same(parsed.foo, "")
+  t.end()
+})
+
 // https://github.com/npm/nopt/issues/66
 test("Empty String should not be true when type is single item Array", function (t) {
   var parsed = nopt({	'foo': [String] }, {}, ["--foo"], 0)