diff --git a/structs.go b/structs.go
index 637245f..00a778e 100644
--- a/structs.go
+++ b/structs.go
@@ -35,18 +35,29 @@ func New(s interface{}) *Struct {
 //   // Field appears in map as key "myName".
 //   Name string `structs:"myName"`
 //
-// A value with the content of "-" ignores that particular field. Example:
+// A tag value with the content of "-" ignores that particular field. Example:
 //
 //   // Field is ignored by this package.
 //   Field bool `structs:"-"`
 //
-// A value with the option of "omitnested" stops iterating further if the type
+// A tag value with the option of "omitnested" stops iterating further if the type
 // is a struct. Example:
 //
 //   // Field is not processed further by this package.
 //   Field time.Time     `structs:"myName,omitnested"`
 //   Field *http.Request `structs:",omitnested"`
 //
+// A tag value with the option of "omitempty" ignores that particular field if
+// the field value is empty. Example:
+//
+//   // Field appears in map as key "myName", but the field is
+//   // skipped if empty.
+//   Field string `structs:"myName,omitempty"`
+//
+//   // Field appears in map as key "Field" (the default), but
+//   // the field is skipped if empty.
+//   Field string `structs:",omitempty"`
+//
 // Note that only exported fields of a struct can be accessed, non exported
 // fields will be neglected.
 func (s *Struct) Map() map[string]interface{} {
@@ -65,6 +76,17 @@ func (s *Struct) Map() map[string]interface{} {
 			name = tagName
 		}
 
+		// if the value is a zero value and the field is marked as omitempty do
+		// not include
+		if tagOpts.Has("omitempty") {
+			zero := reflect.Zero(val.Type()).Interface()
+			current := val.Interface()
+
+			if reflect.DeepEqual(current, zero) {
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+
 		if IsStruct(val.Interface()) && !tagOpts.Has("omitnested") {
 			// look out for embedded structs, and convert them to a
 			// map[string]interface{} too
diff --git a/structs_test.go b/structs_test.go
index 5d7f04d..8ece554 100644
--- a/structs_test.go
+++ b/structs_test.go
@@ -148,6 +148,27 @@ func TestMap_CustomTag(t *testing.T) {
 
 }
 
+func TestMap_OmitEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	type A struct {
+		Name  string
+		Value string    `structs:",omitempty"`
+		Time  time.Time `structs:",omitempty"`
+	}
+	a := A{}
+
+	m := Map(a)
+
+	_, ok := m["Value"].(map[string]interface{})
+	if ok {
+		t.Error("Map should not contain the Value field that is tagged as omitempty")
+	}
+
+	_, ok = m["Time"].(map[string]interface{})
+	if ok {
+		t.Error("Map should not contain the Time field that is tagged as omitempty")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestMap_OmitNested(t *testing.T) {
 	type A struct {
 		Name  string