diff --git a/ldapalchemy/attribute.py b/ldapalchemy/attribute.py
index bd776313fcfefd93238362a8263a03e40822d3b0..409cb58a9cf60e12569729f150d3a0ee52d05930 100644
--- a/ldapalchemy/attribute.py
+++ b/ldapalchemy/attribute.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class AttributeList(MutableSequence):
 class Attribute:
 	def __init__(self, name, aliases=None, multi=False, default=None):
 		self.name = name
-		self.aliases = aliases or []
+		self.aliases = aliases if aliases is not None else []
 		self.multi = multi
 		self.default = default