diff --git a/Fleece/API_Impl/FLSlice.cc b/Fleece/API_Impl/FLSlice.cc
index d6c1bc13..d94a3411 100644
--- a/Fleece/API_Impl/FLSlice.cc
+++ b/Fleece/API_Impl/FLSlice.cc
@@ -41,15 +41,28 @@ FL_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 
 __hot
 bool FLSlice_Equal(FLSlice a, FLSlice b) noexcept {
-    return a.size == b.size && FLMemCmp(a.buf, b.buf, a.size) == 0;
+    if (a.size == b.size) {
+        if (a.size == 0)
+            // Check whether both slices are the nullslice or empty slices.
+            return (a.buf == nullptr) == (b.buf == nullptr);
+        else
+            return FLMemCmp(a.buf, b.buf, a.size) == 0;
+    }
+    return false;
 }
 
-
 __hot
 int FLSlice_Compare(FLSlice a, FLSlice b) noexcept {
     // Optimized for speed, not simplicity!
     if (a.size == b.size)
-        return FLMemCmp(a.buf, b.buf, a.size);
+        if (a.size == 0) {
+            // Sort the nullslice before an empty slice.
+            if ((a.buf == nullptr) == (b.buf == nullptr))
+                return 0;
+            else
+                return a.buf == nullptr ? -1 : 1;
+        } else
+            return FLMemCmp(a.buf, b.buf, a.size);
     else if (a.size < b.size) {
         int result = FLMemCmp(a.buf, b.buf, a.size);
         return result ? result : -1;
diff --git a/Tests/API_ValueTests.cc b/Tests/API_ValueTests.cc
index 8047e9ba..cc6c6b35 100644
--- a/Tests/API_ValueTests.cc
+++ b/Tests/API_ValueTests.cc
@@ -366,3 +366,16 @@ TEST_CASE("API MutableDict item bool conversion", "[API]") {
     }
     CHECK(dict.toJSONString() == "{\"a_key\":6}");
 }
+
+TEST_CASE("API Mutable copy of Dict with empty string shared key", "[API]") {
+    auto sk = fleece::SharedKeys::create();
+    auto enc = fleece::Encoder(sk);
+    enc.beginDict();
+    enc.writeKey("");
+    enc.writeNull();
+    enc.endDict();
+    auto doc = enc.finishDoc();
+    auto copy = doc.root().asDict().mutableCopy(kFLCopyImmutables);
+    CHECK(copy.count() == 1);
+    CHECK(copy[""].type() == kFLNull);
+}