diff --git a/src/beautifiers/perltidy.coffee b/src/beautifiers/perltidy.coffee
index 77f7a01..8ec1557 100644
--- a/src/beautifiers/perltidy.coffee
+++ b/src/beautifiers/perltidy.coffee
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module.exports = class PerlTidy extends Beautifier
       '--standard-output'
       '--standard-error-output'
       '--quiet'
-      "--profile=#{options.perltidy_profile}" if options.perltidy_profile?
+      "--profile=#{options.perltidy_profile}" if options.perltidy_profile?.length
       @tempFile("input", text)
       ], help: {
       link: "http://perltidy.sourceforge.net/"