diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mediatype/hal/HalLinkRelation.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mediatype/hal/HalLinkRelation.java
index d62069ce..0cd1c484 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mediatype/hal/HalLinkRelation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mediatype/hal/HalLinkRelation.java
@@ -174,6 +174,16 @@ public class HalLinkRelation implements LinkRelation, MessageSourceResolvable {
 				.toArray(String[]::new);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.context.MessageSourceResolvable#getDefaultMessage()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	@org.springframework.lang.NonNull
+	public String getDefaultMessage() {
+		return "";
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Simple builder interface to easily create multiple {@link HalLinkRelation}s for a single curie.
 	 *
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mediatype/hal/Jackson2HalModule.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mediatype/hal/Jackson2HalModule.java
index c1b22b5a..7a26649d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mediatype/hal/Jackson2HalModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mediatype/hal/Jackson2HalModule.java
@@ -965,8 +965,8 @@ public class Jackson2HalModule extends SimpleModule {
 			return link;
 		}
 
-		@JsonInclude(Include.NON_NULL)
 		@Nullable
+		@JsonInclude(Include.NON_EMPTY)
 		public String getTitle() {
 			return title;
 		}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mediatype/hal/Jackson2HalIntegrationTest.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mediatype/hal/Jackson2HalIntegrationTest.java
index 2344c9a4..07cc9813 100755
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mediatype/hal/Jackson2HalIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mediatype/hal/Jackson2HalIntegrationTest.java
@@ -495,6 +495,27 @@ public class Jackson2HalIntegrationTest extends AbstractJackson2MarshallingInteg
 				.isEqualTo("{\"_links\":{\"foo\":[{\"href\":\"/some-href\"}]}}");
 	}
 
+	@Test // #1019
+	void doesNotRenderTitleForEmptyString() throws Exception {
+
+		Link link = new Link("/some-href", "foo");
+
+		assertThat(mapper.writeValueAsString(new Jackson2HalModule.HalLink(link, ""))) //
+				.isEqualTo("{\"href\":\"/some-href\"}");
+	}
+
+	@Test // #1019
+	void resolvesMissingHalLinkRelationToEmptyString() throws Exception {
+
+		HalLinkRelation relation = HalLinkRelation.of(LinkRelation.of("someRel"));
+
+		MessageSourceAccessor accessor = new MessageSourceAccessor(new StaticMessageSource());
+
+		assertThatCode(() -> {
+			assertThat(accessor.getMessage(relation)).isEqualTo("");
+		}).doesNotThrowAnyException();
+	}
+
 	private void verifyResolvedTitle(String resourceBundleKey) throws Exception {
 
 		LocaleContextHolder.setLocale(Locale.US);