diff --git a/gallery_dl/util.py b/gallery_dl/util.py
index 931b196d..1d9c9c66 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/util.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/util.py
@@ -331,6 +331,9 @@ class Formatter():
         """Return value called 'field_name' from 'kwargs'"""
         first, rest = _string.formatter_field_name_split(field_name)
 
+        if first not in kwargs:
+            return None
+
         obj = kwargs[first]
         for is_attr, i in rest:
             if is_attr:
diff --git a/test/test_util.py b/test/test_util.py
index cf972e36..7cc82cc1 100644
--- a/test/test_util.py
+++ b/test/test_util.py
@@ -175,6 +175,13 @@ class TestFormatter(unittest.TestCase):
         self._run_test("{name}{title4:?//}", "Name")
         self._run_test("{name}{title4:? **/''/}", "Name")
 
+    def test_missing(self):
+        replacement = "None"
+        self._run_test("{missing}", replacement)
+        self._run_test("{missing.attr}", replacement)
+        self._run_test("{missing[key]}", replacement)
+        self._run_test("{missing?a/b/}", replacement)
+
     def _run_test(self, format_string, result):
         formatter = util.Formatter()
         output = formatter.vformat(format_string, self.kwdict)