django template display item value or empty string

My code in template is like this:

{% for item in items %}
    {{ item.somefield }}
{% endfor %}

I want to display the item value if the item.somefield is not None, or display an empty string. I don't want to use the {% if item.somefield %} statement, I want something like {{ item.somefield or '' }}(I tried this but it doesn't work)