diff --git a/lib/whenever/job_list.rb b/lib/whenever/job_list.rb
index b04104d..444137a 100644
--- a/lib/whenever/job_list.rb
+++ b/lib/whenever/job_list.rb
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ module Whenever
       
       output = []
       @env.each do |key, val|
-        output << "#{key}=#{val}\n"
+        output << "#{key}=#{val.blank? ? '""' : val}\n"
       end
       output << "\n"
       
diff --git a/test/functional/output_env_test.rb b/test/functional/output_env_test.rb
index 2dd3fa7..320a676 100644
--- a/test/functional/output_env_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/output_env_test.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ class OutputEnvTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       <<-file
         env :MYVAR, 'blah'
         env 'MAILTO', "someone@example.com"
+        env :BLANKVAR, ''
+        env :NILVAR, nil
       file
     end
 
@@ -18,6 +20,14 @@ class OutputEnvTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     should "output MAILTO environment variable" do
       assert_match "MAILTO=someone@example.com", @output
     end
+
+    should "output BLANKVAR environment variable" do
+      assert_match "BLANKVAR=\"\"", @output
+    end
+
+    should "output NILVAR environment variable" do
+      assert_match "NILVAR=\"\"", @output
+    end
   end
 
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end