diff --git a/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.SampleApp/SamplePages/Triggers/IsNullOrEmptyStateTrigger.bind b/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.SampleApp/SamplePages/Triggers/IsNullOrEmptyStateTrigger.bind
index 51ccd36ebef..8c812d09637 100644
--- a/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.SampleApp/SamplePages/Triggers/IsNullOrEmptyStateTrigger.bind
+++ b/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.SampleApp/SamplePages/Triggers/IsNullOrEmptyStateTrigger.bind
@@ -33,6 +33,18 @@
           </VisualState.Setters>
         </VisualState>
       </VisualStateGroup>
+      <VisualStateGroup x:Name="ListViewStates">
+        <VisualState x:Name="SelectedItemNotNullState" />
+        <VisualState x:Name="SelectedItemNullState">
+            <VisualState.StateTriggers>
+                <triggers:IsNullOrEmptyStateTrigger Value="{Binding SelectedItem, ElementName=SelectList}"/>
+            </VisualState.StateTriggers>
+            <VisualState.Setters>
+                <Setter Target="RemoveSelection.IsEnabled" Value="False" />
+                <Setter Target="SelectionEmptyMessage.Visibility" Value="Visible" />
+            </VisualState.Setters>
+        </VisualState>
+      </VisualStateGroup>
     </VisualStateManager.VisualStateGroups>
 
     <StackPanel HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center">
@@ -43,7 +55,7 @@
         <TextBlock x:Name="OurTextBoxError" Text="* Required" Foreground="Red" Margin="10 0 0 0" Visibility="Collapsed" VerticalAlignment="Center" />
       </StackPanel>
 
-      <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
+      <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal" Margin="0,40,0,0">
         <Button x:Name="AddButton" Content="Add" Margin="0 0 10 0"/>
         <Button x:Name="RemoveButton" Content="Remove"/>
       </StackPanel>
@@ -63,7 +75,20 @@
           </Style>
         </ListBox.ItemContainerStyle>
       </ListBox>
+      <Border BorderBrush="Gold" BorderThickness="1" Margin="0,80,0,0" Width="275">
+        <StackPanel>
+            <Button x:Name="RemoveSelection" Content="Deselect" />
+            <TextBlock x:Name="SelectionEmptyMessage" Text="SelectedItem is empty, select an item" Visibility="Collapsed"
+                        Margin="5,0,0,0"/>
+            <ListView x:Name="SelectList" HorizontalAlignment="Left">
+                <ListView.Items>
+                    <TextBlock Text="One" />
+                    <TextBlock Text="Two" />
+                    <TextBlock Text="Three" />
+                </ListView.Items>
+            </ListView>
+        </StackPanel>            
+      </Border>
     </StackPanel>
-
   </Grid>
 </Page>
diff --git a/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.SampleApp/SamplePages/Triggers/IsNullOrEmptyStateTriggerPage.xaml.cs b/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.SampleApp/SamplePages/Triggers/IsNullOrEmptyStateTriggerPage.xaml.cs
index 7068f902dcb..0d80726099b 100644
--- a/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.SampleApp/SamplePages/Triggers/IsNullOrEmptyStateTriggerPage.xaml.cs
+++ b/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.SampleApp/SamplePages/Triggers/IsNullOrEmptyStateTriggerPage.xaml.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ public sealed partial class IsNullOrEmptyStateTriggerPage : Page, IXamlRenderLis
         private Button _addButton;
         private Button _removeButton;
         private ListBox _listBox;
+        private Button _unselectButton;
+        private ListView _selectListView;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="IsNullOrEmptyStateTriggerPage"/> class.
@@ -52,6 +54,15 @@ public void OnXamlRendered(FrameworkElement control)
             }
 
             _listBox = control.FindDescendant("OurList") as ListBox;
+
+            _selectListView = control.FindDescendant("SelectList") as ListView;
+
+            if (control.FindDescendant("RemoveSelection") is Button btn3)
+            {
+                _unselectButton = btn3;
+
+                _unselectButton.Click += this.UnselectButton_Click;
+            }
         }
 
         private void AddButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
@@ -64,10 +75,18 @@ private void AddButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
 
         private void RemoveButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
         {
-            if (_listBox != null)
+            if (_listBox != null && _listBox.Items.Count > 0)
             {
                 _listBox.Items.RemoveAt(0);
             }
         }
+
+        private void UnselectButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
+        {
+            if(_selectListView != null && _selectListView.SelectedItem != null)
+            {
+                _selectListView.SelectedItem = null;
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.UI/Triggers/IsNullOrEmptyStateTrigger.cs b/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.UI/Triggers/IsNullOrEmptyStateTrigger.cs
index 7eec265e229..fb49e0ecfb1 100644
--- a/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.UI/Triggers/IsNullOrEmptyStateTrigger.cs
+++ b/Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.UI/Triggers/IsNullOrEmptyStateTrigger.cs
@@ -28,22 +28,28 @@ public object Value
         /// Identifies the <see cref="Value"/> DependencyProperty
         /// </summary>
         public static readonly DependencyProperty ValueProperty =
-            DependencyProperty.Register(nameof(Value), typeof(object), typeof(IsNullOrEmptyStateTrigger), new PropertyMetadata(true, OnValuePropertyChanged));
+            DependencyProperty.Register(nameof(Value), typeof(object), typeof(IsNullOrEmptyStateTrigger), new PropertyMetadata(null, OnValuePropertyChanged));
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="IsNullOrEmptyStateTrigger"/> class.
+        /// </summary>
+        public IsNullOrEmptyStateTrigger()
+        {
+            SetActive(true);
+        }
 
         private static void OnValuePropertyChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
         {
             var obj = (IsNullOrEmptyStateTrigger)d;
             var val = e.NewValue;
 
-            obj.SetActive(IsNullOrEmpty(val));
-
             if (val == null)
             {
                 return;
             }
 
             // Try to listen for various notification events
-            // Starting with INorifyCollectionChanged
+            // Starting with INotifyCollectionChanged
             var valNotifyCollection = val as INotifyCollectionChanged;
             if (valNotifyCollection != null)
             {