diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 5619e4d..f3bd08c 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ export interface ReactAvatarProps {
     /**
      * The alt attribute used on the avatar img tag. If not set we will fallback to either name or value
      */
-    alt?: string;
+    alt?: string | boolean;
     /**
      * The title attribute used on the avatar img tag. If not set we will fallback to either name or value
      */
-    title?: string;
+    title?: string | boolean;
     /**
      * Used in combination with `name` and `value`. Give the background a fixed color with a hex like for example #FF0000
      */
diff --git a/src/components/image.js b/src/components/image.js
index a3f7b4c..157c8c2 100644
--- a/src/components/image.js
+++ b/src/components/image.js
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ export default
 class AvatarImage extends React.PureComponent {
 
     static propTypes = {
-        alt: PropTypes.string,
+        alt: PropTypes.oneOfType([
+            PropTypes.string,
+            PropTypes.bool
+        ]),
         title: PropTypes.oneOfType([
             PropTypes.string,
             PropTypes.bool
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index a7c4255..d86a735 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ function setGroupedTimeout(fn, ttl) {
 export
 function getNullableText(...args) {
     for (const arg of args) {
-        if (arg)
+        if (arg || arg === '')
             return arg;
 
         if (arg === false || arg === null)