diff --git a/libgnucash/core-utils/gnc-glib-utils.c b/libgnucash/core-utils/gnc-glib-utils.c
index 7bb2ba5333..4c10c6faed 100644
--- a/libgnucash/core-utils/gnc-glib-utils.c
+++ b/libgnucash/core-utils/gnc-glib-utils.c
@@ -335,18 +335,25 @@ gnc_g_list_stringjoin (GList *list_of_strings, const gchar *sep)
     gint length = -seplen;
     gchar *retval, *p;
 
-    if (!list_of_strings)
-        return NULL;
-
     for (GList *n = list_of_strings; n; n = n->next)
-        length += strlen ((gchar*)n->data) + seplen;
+    {
+        gchar *str = n->data;
+        if (str && *str)
+            length += strlen (str) + seplen;
+    }
+
+    if (length <= 0)
+        return NULL;
 
     p = retval = (gchar*) g_malloc0 (length * sizeof (gchar) + 1);
     for (GList *n = list_of_strings; n; n = n->next)
     {
-        p = g_stpcpy (p, (gchar*)n->data);
-        if (n->next && sep)
+        gchar *str = n->data;
+        if (!str || !str[0])
+            continue;
+        if (sep && (p != retval))
             p = g_stpcpy (p, sep);
+        p = g_stpcpy (p, str);
     }
 
     return retval;
diff --git a/libgnucash/core-utils/test/test-gnc-glib-utils.c b/libgnucash/core-utils/test/test-gnc-glib-utils.c
index 0c59356e30..a350cfaf58 100644
--- a/libgnucash/core-utils/test/test-gnc-glib-utils.c
+++ b/libgnucash/core-utils/test/test-gnc-glib-utils.c
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ test_g_list_stringjoin (gconstpointer data)
     g_assert_cmpstr (ret, ==, "one");
     g_free (ret);
 
+   /* The following inserts a NULL between "two" and "one". As a
+       result, the stringjoin effectively skips a step, i.e. it does
+       not insert separator repeatedly between NULL strings */
+    test = g_list_prepend (test, NULL);
+
     test = g_list_prepend (test, "two");
 
     ret = gnc_g_list_stringjoin (test, NULL);