diff --git a/elodie/media/media.py b/elodie/media/media.py
index dce4ef3..788b670 100644
--- a/elodie/media/media.py
+++ b/elodie/media/media.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ are used to represent the actual files.
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import os
+import six
 
 # load modules
 from elodie.external.pyexiftool import ExifTool
@@ -88,6 +89,11 @@ class Media(Base):
         for key in self.latitude_keys + self.longitude_keys:
             if key not in exif:
                 continue
+            if isinstance(exif[key], six.string_types) and len(exif[key]) == 0:
+                # If exiftool GPS output is empty, the data returned will be a str
+                # with 0 length.
+                # https://github.com/jmathai/elodie/issues/354
+                continue
 
             # Cast coordinate to a float due to a bug in exiftool's
             #   -json output format.
diff --git a/elodie/tests/files/with-null-coordinates.jpg b/elodie/tests/files/with-null-coordinates.jpg
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..aa623c8
Binary files /dev/null and b/elodie/tests/files/with-null-coordinates.jpg differ
diff --git a/elodie/tests/media/photo_test.py b/elodie/tests/media/photo_test.py
index 8ca389b..08019cb 100644
--- a/elodie/tests/media/photo_test.py
+++ b/elodie/tests/media/photo_test.py
@@ -113,6 +113,14 @@ def test_get_coordinates_with_zero_coordinate():
     assert helper.isclose(latitude,51.55325), latitude
     assert helper.isclose(longitude,-0.00417777777778), longitude
 
+def test_get_coordinates_with_null_coordinate():
+    photo = Photo(helper.get_file('with-null-coordinates.jpg'))
+    latitude = photo.get_coordinate('latitude')
+    longitude = photo.get_coordinate('longitude')
+
+    assert latitude is None, latitude
+    assert longitude is None, longitude
+
 def test_get_date_taken():
     photo = Photo(helper.get_file('plain.jpg'))
     date_taken = photo.get_date_taken()