diff --git a/lodash.js b/lodash.js
index 3d3ab18fe..e84e66e01 100644
--- a/lodash.js
+++ b/lodash.js
@@ -4561,7 +4561,7 @@
         var key = keys[index];
         if (values) {
           result[key] = values[index];
-        } else {
+        } else if (key) {
           result[key[0]] = key[1];
         }
       }
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index c03a763b3..704d9bfeb 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -3576,6 +3576,17 @@
 
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
+  QUnit.module('lodash.zipObject');
+
+  (function() {
+    test('should skip falsey elements in a given two dimensional array', function() {
+      var actual = _.zipObject([['a', 1], ['b', 2]].concat(falsey));
+      deepEqual(actual, { 'a': 1, 'b': 2 });
+    });
+  }());
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
   QUnit.module('lodash(...).shift');
 
   (function() {