--- a/crates/jrsonnet-evaluator/src/evaluate/operator.rs
+++ b/crates/jrsonnet-evaluator/src/evaluate/operator.rs
@@ -21,12 +21,15 @@
 pub fn evaluate_add_op(s: State, a: &Val, b: &Val) -> Result<Val> {
 	use Val::*;
 	Ok(match (a, b) {
+		(Str(a), Str(b)) if a.is_empty() => Val::Str(b.clone()),
+		(Str(a), Str(b)) if b.is_empty() => Val::Str(a.clone()),
 		(Str(v1), Str(v2)) => Str(((**v1).to_owned() + v2).into()),
 
 		// Can't use generic json serialization way, because it depends on number to string concatenation (std.jsonnet:890)
 		(Num(a), Str(b)) => Str(format!("{a}{b}").into()),
 		(Str(a), Num(b)) => Str(format!("{a}{b}").into()),
 
+		(Str(a), o) | (o, Str(a)) if a.is_empty() => Val::Str(o.clone().to_string(s)?),
 		(Str(a), o) => Str(format!("{}{}", a, o.clone().to_string(s)?).into()),
 		(o, Str(a)) => Str(format!("{}{}", o.clone().to_string(s)?, a).into()),