Index: Lib/distutils/dist.py
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--- Lib/distutils/dist.py	(revision 67687)
+++ Lib/distutils/dist.py	(working copy)
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
             # command options will override any supplied redundantly
             # through the general options dictionary.
             options = attrs.get('options')
-            if options:
+            if options is not None:
                 del attrs['options']
                 for (command, cmd_options) in options.items():
                     opt_dict = self.get_option_dict(command)