diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/FormCells/index.tsx b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/FormCells/index.tsx
index b228daff8ed..6c2d0a394fc 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/FormCells/index.tsx
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/FormCells/index.tsx
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ const cellRenderers: {
       const watchFields = f.unique(
         filterArray(
           definitions.map(({ condition }) =>
-            condition?.type === 'Value' ? condition?.field[0].name : undefined
+            condition?.type !== 'Always' ? condition?.field[0].name : undefined
           )
         )
       );
diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/FormEditor/viewSpec.ts b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/FormEditor/viewSpec.ts
index 55d488e32af..2ef06897aa3 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/FormEditor/viewSpec.ts
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/FormEditor/viewSpec.ts
@@ -141,8 +141,15 @@ const rowsSpec = (table: SpecifyTable | undefined) =>
           if (isAlways) return { type: 'Always' } as const;
           const [rawField, ...condition] = rawCondition.split('=');
           const field = syncers.field(table?.name).serializer(rawField);
+          const isEmpty = condition.at(-1) === 'EMPTY';
           return field === undefined
             ? undefined
+            : isEmpty
+            ? ({
+                type: 'Empty',
+                field,
+                value: '',
+              } as const)
             : ({
                 type: 'Value',
                 field,
@@ -154,8 +161,11 @@ const rowsSpec = (table: SpecifyTable | undefined) =>
           if (props.type === 'Always') return localized('always');
           const { field, value } = props;
           const joined = syncers.field(table?.name).deserializer(field);
+          const isEmpty = props.type === 'Empty';
           return joined === undefined || joined.length === 0
             ? undefined
+            : isEmpty
+            ? localized(`${joined}=EMPTY`)
             : localized(`${joined}=${value}`);
         }
       )
diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/FormParse/__tests__/index.test.ts b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/FormParse/__tests__/index.test.ts
index 570600e4100..1faf1845055 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/FormParse/__tests__/index.test.ts
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/FormParse/__tests__/index.test.ts
@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@ const conditionalTinyFormView = strictParseXml(
         <cell colSpan="4" />
       </row> 
     </rows>
+    <rows condition="cataloger=EMPTY" colDef="2px,4px,1px">
+      <row>
+        <cell colSpan="4" />
+      </row> 
+    </rows>
 </cell>`
 );
 const parsedConditionalTinyView: ParsedFormDefinition = {
@@ -444,7 +449,7 @@ describe('parseFormDefinition', () => {
         formDefinition.map(({ condition, ...rest }) => ({
           ...rest,
           condition:
-            condition === undefined || condition.type !== 'Value'
+            condition === undefined || condition.type === 'Always'
               ? condition
               : {
                   ...condition,
@@ -465,6 +470,14 @@ describe('parseFormDefinition', () => {
         },
         definition: parsedConditionalTinyView,
       },
+      {
+        condition: {
+          type: 'Empty',
+          field: ['cataloger'],
+          value: '',
+        },
+        definition: parsedConditionalTinyView,
+      },
     ]);
   });
 });
diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/FormParse/index.ts b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/FormParse/index.ts
index bfad30f0e1e..ac3bde3b61f 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/FormParse/index.ts
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/FormParse/index.ts
@@ -465,6 +465,13 @@ export type FormCondition =
         readonly value: string;
       }
     >
+  | State<
+      'Empty',
+      {
+        readonly field: RA<LiteralField | Relationship>;
+        readonly value: '';
+      }
+    >
   | State<'Always'>
   | undefined;
 
@@ -508,14 +515,23 @@ export async function parseFormDefinition(
         const value = condition.slice(1).join('=');
         const parsedField = table.getFields(condition[0]);
         if (Array.isArray(parsedField)) {
-          return {
-            condition: {
-              type: 'Value',
-              field: parsedField,
-              value,
-            },
-            definition,
-          } as const;
+          return value === 'EMPTY'
+            ? ({
+                condition: {
+                  type: 'Empty',
+                  field: parsedField,
+                  value: '',
+                },
+                definition,
+              } as const)
+            : ({
+                condition: {
+                  type: 'Value',
+                  field: parsedField,
+                  value,
+                },
+                definition,
+              } as const);
         }
       }