diff --git a/lib/bom.js b/lib/bom.js
index 11baf75b..511086f9 100644
--- a/lib/bom.js
+++ b/lib/bom.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Generated by CoffeeScript 1.11.1
+// Generated by CoffeeScript 1.12.4
 (function() {
   "use strict";
   exports.stripBOM = function(str) {
diff --git a/lib/builder.js b/lib/builder.js
index d8f19442..6eedb003 100644
--- a/lib/builder.js
+++ b/lib/builder.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Generated by CoffeeScript 1.11.1
+// Generated by CoffeeScript 1.12.4
 (function() {
   "use strict";
   var builder, defaults, escapeCDATA, requiresCDATA, wrapCDATA,
diff --git a/lib/defaults.js b/lib/defaults.js
index 112597af..c4ed2cdc 100644
--- a/lib/defaults.js
+++ b/lib/defaults.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Generated by CoffeeScript 1.11.1
+// Generated by CoffeeScript 1.12.4
 (function() {
   exports.defaults = {
     "0.1": {
diff --git a/lib/parser.js b/lib/parser.js
index e72578a5..36c81e14 100644
--- a/lib/parser.js
+++ b/lib/parser.js
@@ -310,8 +310,8 @@
       try {
         str = str.toString();
         if (str.trim() === '') {
-          this.emit("end", null);
-          return true;
+          this.emit('error', new Error("Empty string is not valid XML"));
+          return;
         }
         str = bom.stripBOM(str);
         if (this.options.async) {
diff --git a/lib/processors.js b/lib/processors.js
index 75f96098..eba05bbb 100644
--- a/lib/processors.js
+++ b/lib/processors.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Generated by CoffeeScript 1.11.1
+// Generated by CoffeeScript 1.12.4
 (function() {
   "use strict";
   var prefixMatch;
diff --git a/lib/xml2js.js b/lib/xml2js.js
index c063ff53..0e85b9a7 100644
--- a/lib/xml2js.js
+++ b/lib/xml2js.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Generated by CoffeeScript 1.11.1
+// Generated by CoffeeScript 1.12.4
 (function() {
   "use strict";
   var builder, defaults, parser, processors,
diff --git a/src/parser.coffee b/src/parser.coffee
index 8a375197..e3e3cc62 100644
--- a/src/parser.coffee
+++ b/src/parser.coffee
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ class exports.Parser extends events.EventEmitter
     try
       str = str.toString()
       if str.trim() is ''
-        @emit "end", null
-        return true
+        @emit 'error', new Error "Empty string is not valid XML"
+        return
 
       str = bom.stripBOM str
       if @options.async
diff --git a/test/parser.test.coffee b/test/parser.test.coffee
index 6d531d56..238ebc46 100644
--- a/test/parser.test.coffee
+++ b/test/parser.test.coffee
@@ -254,8 +254,11 @@ module.exports =
   'test empty tag result specified null': skeleton(emptyTag: null, (r) ->
     equ r.sample.emptytest[0], null)
 
-  'test invalid empty XML file': skeleton(__xmlString: ' ', (r) ->
-    equ r, null)
+  'test invalid empty XML file': (test) ->
+    x2js = new xml2js.Parser()
+    x2js.parseString '', (err, r) ->
+      assert.notEqual err, null
+      test.finish()
 
   'test enabled normalizeTags': skeleton(normalizeTags: true, (r) ->
     console.log 'Result object: ' + util.inspect r, false, 10