diff --git a/lldb/include/lldb/DataFormatters/StringPrinter.h b/lldb/include/lldb/DataFormatters/StringPrinter.h
--- a/lldb/include/lldb/DataFormatters/StringPrinter.h
+++ b/lldb/include/lldb/DataFormatters/StringPrinter.h
@@ -115,9 +115,15 @@
 
     lldb::ProcessSP GetProcessSP() const { return m_process_sp; }
 
+    void SetHasSourceSize(bool e) { m_has_source_size = e; }
+
+    bool HasSourceSize() const { return m_has_source_size; }
+
   private:
     uint64_t m_location = 0;
     lldb::ProcessSP m_process_sp;
+    /// True iff we know the source size of the string.
+    bool m_has_source_size = false;
   };
 
   class ReadBufferAndDumpToStreamOptions : public DumpToStreamOptions {
diff --git a/lldb/source/DataFormatters/StringPrinter.cpp b/lldb/source/DataFormatters/StringPrinter.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/DataFormatters/StringPrinter.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/DataFormatters/StringPrinter.cpp
@@ -525,27 +525,33 @@
   if (!options.GetStream())
     return false;
 
-  uint32_t sourceSize = options.GetSourceSize();
+  uint32_t sourceSize;
   bool needs_zero_terminator = options.GetNeedsZeroTermination();
 
   bool is_truncated = false;
   const auto max_size = process_sp->GetTarget().GetMaximumSizeOfStringSummary();
 
-  if (!sourceSize) {
+  if (options.HasSourceSize()) {
+    sourceSize = options.GetSourceSize();
+    if (!options.GetIgnoreMaxLength()) {
+      if (sourceSize > max_size) {
+        sourceSize = max_size;
+        is_truncated = true;
+      }
+    }
+  } else {
     sourceSize = max_size;
     needs_zero_terminator = true;
-  } else if (!options.GetIgnoreMaxLength()) {
-    if (sourceSize > max_size) {
-      sourceSize = max_size;
-      is_truncated = true;
-    }
   }
 
   const int bufferSPSize = sourceSize * type_width;
 
   lldb::DataBufferSP buffer_sp(new DataBufferHeap(bufferSPSize, 0));
 
-  if (!buffer_sp->GetBytes())
+  // Check if we got bytes. We never get any bytes if we have an empty
+  // string, but we still continue so that we end up actually printing
+  // an empty string ("").
+  if (sourceSize != 0 && !buffer_sp->GetBytes())
     return false;
 
   Status error;
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/ObjC/NSString.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/ObjC/NSString.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/ObjC/NSString.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/ObjC/NSString.cpp
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@
       options.SetStream(&stream);
       options.SetQuote('"');
       options.SetSourceSize(explicit_length);
+      options.SetHasSourceSize(has_explicit_length);
       options.SetNeedsZeroTermination(false);
       options.SetIgnoreMaxLength(summary_options.GetCapping() ==
                                  TypeSummaryCapping::eTypeSummaryUncapped);
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@
       options.SetProcessSP(process_sp);
       options.SetStream(&stream);
       options.SetSourceSize(explicit_length);
+      options.SetHasSourceSize(has_explicit_length);
       options.SetNeedsZeroTermination(false);
       options.SetIgnoreMaxLength(summary_options.GetCapping() ==
                                  TypeSummaryCapping::eTypeSummaryUncapped);
@@ -199,6 +201,7 @@
     options.SetStream(&stream);
     options.SetQuote('"');
     options.SetSourceSize(explicit_length);
+    options.SetHasSourceSize(has_explicit_length);
     options.SetIgnoreMaxLength(summary_options.GetCapping() ==
                                TypeSummaryCapping::eTypeSummaryUncapped);
     options.SetLanguage(summary_options.GetLanguage());
@@ -221,6 +224,7 @@
     options.SetStream(&stream);
     options.SetQuote('"');
     options.SetSourceSize(explicit_length);
+    options.SetHasSourceSize(has_explicit_length);
     options.SetNeedsZeroTermination(!has_explicit_length);
     options.SetIgnoreMaxLength(summary_options.GetCapping() ==
                                TypeSummaryCapping::eTypeSummaryUncapped);
@@ -241,6 +245,7 @@
     options.SetStream(&stream);
     options.SetQuote('"');
     options.SetSourceSize(explicit_length);
+    options.SetHasSourceSize(has_explicit_length);
     options.SetNeedsZeroTermination(!has_explicit_length);
     options.SetIgnoreMaxLength(summary_options.GetCapping() ==
                                TypeSummaryCapping::eTypeSummaryUncapped);
@@ -263,6 +268,7 @@
     options.SetProcessSP(process_sp);
     options.SetStream(&stream);
     options.SetSourceSize(explicit_length);
+    options.SetHasSourceSize(has_explicit_length);
     options.SetNeedsZeroTermination(!has_explicit_length);
     options.SetIgnoreMaxLength(summary_options.GetCapping() ==
                                TypeSummaryCapping::eTypeSummaryUncapped);
@@ -286,6 +292,7 @@
     options.SetProcessSP(process_sp);
     options.SetStream(&stream);
     options.SetSourceSize(explicit_length);
+    options.SetHasSourceSize(has_explicit_length);
     options.SetIgnoreMaxLength(summary_options.GetCapping() ==
                                TypeSummaryCapping::eTypeSummaryUncapped);
     options.SetLanguage(summary_options.GetLanguage());
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-objc/nsstring/TestDataFormatterNSString.py b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-objc/nsstring/TestDataFormatterNSString.py
--- a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-objc/nsstring/TestDataFormatterNSString.py
+++ b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-objc/nsstring/TestDataFormatterNSString.py
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@
         self.expect('frame variable hebrew', substrs=['לילה טוב'])
 
     def nsstring_data_formatter_commands(self):
-        self.expect('frame variable str0 str1 str2 str3 str4 str5 str6 str8 str9 str10 str11 label1 label2 processName str12',
-                    substrs=[
+        self.expect('frame variable empty str0 str1 str2 str3 str4 str5 str6 str8 str9 str10 str11 label1 label2 processName str12',
+                    substrs=['(NSString *) empty = ', ' @""',
                              # '(NSString *) str0 = ',' @"255"',
                              '(NSString *) str1 = ', ' @"A rather short ASCII NSString object is here"',
                              '(NSString *) str2 = ', ' @"A rather short UTF8 NSString object is here"',
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@
 
         self.expect('expr -d run-target -- path', substrs=['usr/blah/stuff'])
         self.expect('frame variable path', substrs=['usr/blah/stuff'])
+        self.expect('expr -d run-target -- empty_path', substrs=['@""'])
+        self.expect('frame variable empty_path', substrs=['@""'])
 
     def nsstring_withNULs_commands(self):
         """Check that the NSString formatter supports embedded NULs in the text"""
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-objc/nsstring/main.m b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-objc/nsstring/main.m
--- a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-objc/nsstring/main.m
+++ b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-objc/nsstring/main.m
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     
     NSAutoreleasePool * pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
 
+      NSString *empty = @"";
 	    NSString *str0 = [[NSNumber numberWithUnsignedLongLong:0xFF] stringValue];
 	    NSString *str1 = [NSString stringWithCString:"A rather short ASCII NSString object is here" encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
 	    NSString *str2 = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:"A rather short UTF8 NSString object is here"];
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@
 
 	NSArray *components = @[@"usr", @"blah", @"stuff"];
 	NSString *path = [NSString pathWithComponents: components];
+  NSString *empty_path = [empty stringByDeletingPathExtension];
 
   const unichar someOfTheseAreNUL[] = {'a',' ', 'v','e','r','y',' ',
       'm','u','c','h',' ','b','o','r','i','n','g',' ','t','a','s','k',