diff --git a/cpanfile b/cpanfile
index b81abe1c5c..fb58c3e4cf 100644
--- a/cpanfile
+++ b/cpanfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ requires 'Data::Compare';
 requires 'URI';
 requires 'Net::Amazon::Signature::V4';
 requires 'JSON::MaybeXS';
-requires 'XML::Hash::XS';
+requires 'XML::Hash::XS', '>= 0.54'; # 0.54 introduces suppress_empty option
 requires 'IO::Socket::SSL';
 requires 'DateTime';
 requires 'DateTime::Format::ISO8601';
diff --git a/lib/Paws/Net/RestXMLResponse.pm b/lib/Paws/Net/RestXMLResponse.pm
index 92ab6e8130..cf1077e78f 100644
--- a/lib/Paws/Net/RestXMLResponse.pm
+++ b/lib/Paws/Net/RestXMLResponse.pm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package Paws::Net::RestXMLResponse;
   use Moose;
-  use XML::Hash::XS qw//;
+  use XML::Hash::XS 0.54 qw//; # 0.54 introduces suppress_empty option
   use Carp qw(croak);
   use HTTP::Status;
   use Paws::Exception;
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ package Paws::Net::RestXMLResponse;
     
     my $xml = XML::Hash::XS->new(
       force_array    => qr/^(?:item|Errors)/i,
+      suppress_empty => undef,
     );
     return $xml->xml2hash($data);
   }
diff --git a/lib/Paws/Net/XMLResponse.pm b/lib/Paws/Net/XMLResponse.pm
index 11c4a54103..0e70601d7a 100644
--- a/lib/Paws/Net/XMLResponse.pm
+++ b/lib/Paws/Net/XMLResponse.pm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package Paws::Net::XMLResponse;
   use Moose;
-  use XML::Hash::XS qw//;
+  use XML::Hash::XS 0.54 qw//; # 0.54 introduces suppress_empty option
 
   use Carp qw(croak);
   use Paws::Exception;
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package Paws::Net::XMLResponse;
     default => sub {
       return XML::Hash::XS->new(
         force_array    => qr/^(?:item|Errors)/i,
+        suppress_empty => undef,
       );
     }
   );