diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4144f9b..cdd62d5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-[build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=61.2.0", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4.3"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+# [build-system]
+# requires = ["setuptools>=61.2.0", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4.3"]
+# build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "tabulate"
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ widechars = ["wcwidth"]
 [project.scripts]
 tabulate = "tabulate:_main"
 
-[tool.setuptools]
-packages = ["tabulate"]
+# [tool.setuptools]
+# packages = ["tabulate"]
 
-[tool.setuptools_scm]
-write_to = "tabulate/version.py"
+# [tool.setuptools_scm]
+# write_to = "tabulate/version.py"
diff --git a/tabulate/__init__.py b/tabulate/__init__.py
index b15d7f0..0137f83 100644
--- a/tabulate/__init__.py
+++ b/tabulate/__init__.py
@@ -1623,7 +1623,7 @@ def _normalize_tabular_data(tabular_data, headers, showindex="default"):
     return rows, headers, headers_pad
 
 
-def _wrap_text_to_colwidths(list_of_lists, colwidths, numparses=True):
+def _wrap_text_to_colwidths(list_of_lists, colwidths, numparses=True, missingval=_DEFAULT_MISSINGVAL):
     if len(list_of_lists):
         num_cols = len(list_of_lists[0])
     else:
@@ -1646,7 +1646,7 @@ def _wrap_text_to_colwidths(list_of_lists, colwidths, numparses=True):
                 # explicit than just `str` of the object. Also doesn't work for
                 # custom floatfmt/intfmt, nor with any missing/blank cells.
                 casted_cell = (
-                    str(cell) if _isnumber(cell) else _type(cell, numparse)(cell)
+                    missingval if cell is None else str(cell) if cell == '' or _isnumber(cell) else _type(cell, numparse)(cell)
                 )
                 wrapped = [
                     "\n".join(wrapper.wrap(line))
@@ -2247,7 +2247,7 @@ def tabulate(
 
         numparses = _expand_numparse(disable_numparse, num_cols)
         list_of_lists = _wrap_text_to_colwidths(
-            list_of_lists, maxcolwidths, numparses=numparses
+            list_of_lists, maxcolwidths, numparses=numparses, missingval=missingval
         )
 
     if maxheadercolwidths is not None:
@@ -2261,7 +2261,7 @@ def tabulate(
 
         numparses = _expand_numparse(disable_numparse, num_cols)
         headers = _wrap_text_to_colwidths(
-            [headers], maxheadercolwidths, numparses=numparses
+            [headers], maxheadercolwidths, numparses=numparses, missingval=missingval
         )[0]
 
     # empty values in the first column of RST tables should be escaped (issue #82)
diff --git a/test/test_textwrapper.py b/test/test_textwrapper.py
index 8c0a6cc..02dcc41 100644
--- a/test/test_textwrapper.py
+++ b/test/test_textwrapper.py
@@ -220,3 +220,47 @@ def test_wrap_datetime():
     ]
     expected = "\n".join(expected)
     assert_equal(expected, result)
+
+
+def test_wrap_none_value():
+    """TextWrapper: Show that None can be wrapped without crashing"""
+    data = [["First Entry", None], ["Second Entry", None]]
+    headers = ["Title", "Value"]
+    result = tabulate(data, headers=headers, tablefmt="grid", maxcolwidths=[7, 5])
+
+    expected = [
+        "+---------+---------+",
+        "| Title   | Value   |",
+        "+=========+=========+",
+        "| First   |         |",
+        "| Entry   |         |",
+        "+---------+---------+",
+        "| Second  |         |",
+        "| Entry   |         |",
+        "+---------+---------+",
+    ]
+    expected = "\n".join(expected)
+    assert_equal(expected, result)
+
+
+def test_wrap_none_value_with_missingval():
+    """TextWrapper: Show that None can be wrapped without crashing and with a missing value"""
+    data = [["First Entry", None], ["Second Entry", None]]
+    headers = ["Title", "Value"]
+    result = tabulate(
+        data, headers=headers, tablefmt="grid", maxcolwidths=[7, 5], missingval="???"
+    )
+
+    expected = [
+        "+---------+---------+",
+        "| Title   | Value   |",
+        "+=========+=========+",
+        "| First   | ???     |",
+        "| Entry   |         |",
+        "+---------+---------+",
+        "| Second  | ???     |",
+        "| Entry   |         |",
+        "+---------+---------+",
+    ]
+    expected = "\n".join(expected)
+    assert_equal(expected, result)