diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2c52152..338c7e6 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Changes from 0.13.0
 
    [ Language Changes ]
+   * The unquote-splice or ~@ form now accepts any false value as empty.
    * `yield-from` is no longer supported under Python 2
    * `apply` has been replaced with Python-style unpacking operators `#*` and
      `#**` (e.g., `(f #* args #** kwargs)`)
diff --git a/hy/compiler.py b/hy/compiler.py
index 5fd073f..a0f3589 100755
--- a/hy/compiler.py
+++ b/hy/compiler.py
@@ -707,7 +707,9 @@ class HyASTCompiler(object):
                                                                          level)
                 imports.update(f_imports)
                 if splice:
-                    to_add = HyExpression([HySymbol("list"), f_contents])
+                    to_add = HyExpression([
+                        HySymbol("list"),
+                        HyExpression([HySymbol("or"), f_contents, HyList()])])
                 else:
                     to_add = HyList([f_contents])
 
diff --git a/tests/native_tests/quote.hy b/tests/native_tests/quote.hy
index 32a11b9..e1c9f3b 100644
--- a/tests/native_tests/quote.hy
+++ b/tests/native_tests/quote.hy
@@ -74,17 +74,17 @@
 (defn test-unquote-splice []
   "NATIVE: test splicing unquotes"
   (setv q (quote (c d e)))
-  (setv qq (quasiquote (a b (unquote-splice q) f (unquote-splice q))))
-  (assert (= (len qq) 9))
-  (assert (= qq (quote (a b c d e f c d e)))))
+  (setv qq `(a b ~@q f ~@q ~@0 ~@False ~@None g ~@(when False 1) h))
+  (assert (= (len qq) 11))
+  (assert (= qq (quote (a b c d e f c d e g h)))))
 
 
 (defn test-nested-quasiquote []
   "NATIVE: test nested quasiquotes"
-  (setv qq (quasiquote (1 (quasiquote (unquote (+ 1 (unquote (+ 2 3))))) 4)))
-  (setv q (quote (1 (quasiquote (unquote (+ 1 5))) 4)))
+  (setv qq `(1 `~(+ 1 ~(+ 2 3) ~@None) 4))
+  (setv q (quote (1 `~(+ 1 5) 4)))
   (assert (= (len q) 3))
-  (assert (= (get qq 1) (quote (quasiquote (unquote (+ 1 5))))))
+  (assert (= (get qq 1) (quote `~(+ 1 5))))
   (assert (= q qq)))