diff --git a/src/htmx.js b/src/htmx.js
index 485087a62..13b1e0e9a 100644
--- a/src/htmx.js
+++ b/src/htmx.js
@@ -1835,7 +1835,14 @@ var htmx = (() => {
                     for (let option of input.selectedOptions) {
                         formData.append(name, option.value);
                     }
-                } else {
+                } else if (Array.isArray(input.value)) {
+                    // Add all array values (e.g. custom elements)
+                    for (let v of input.value) {
+                        if (v != null) {
+                            formData.append(name, v);
+                        }
+                    }
+                } else if (input.value != null) {
                     formData.append(name, input.value);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/test/tests/unit/__collectFormData.js b/test/tests/unit/__collectFormData.js
index 64fb10c39..7f244671f 100644
--- a/test/tests/unit/__collectFormData.js
+++ b/test/tests/unit/__collectFormData.js
@@ -286,4 +286,34 @@ describe('__collectFormData unit tests', function() {
         assert.equal(files[0].name, 'file1.txt');
         assert.equal(files[1].name, 'file2.txt');
     });
+
+    it('collects element with array value as individual FormData items', function () {
+        let elt = createProcessedHTML('<div name="fruit"></div>');
+        Object.defineProperty(elt, 'value', {
+            value: ['banana', 'apple'],
+            configurable: true
+        });
+        let formData = htmx.__collectFormData(elt, null, null, false, false);
+        assert.deepEqual(formData.getAll('fruit'), ['banana', 'apple']);
+    });
+
+    it('filters out null or undefined values inside array', function () {
+        let elt = createProcessedHTML('<div name="fruit"></div>');
+        Object.defineProperty(elt, 'value', {
+            value: ['banana', null, 'apple', undefined],
+            configurable: true
+        });
+        let formData = htmx.__collectFormData(elt, null, null, false, false);
+        assert.deepEqual(formData.getAll('fruit'), ['banana', 'apple']);
+    });
+
+    it('skips element when value is null or undefined', function () {
+        let elt = createProcessedHTML('<div name="fruit"></div>');
+        Object.defineProperty(elt, 'value', {
+            value: null,
+            configurable: true
+        });
+        let formData = htmx.__collectFormData(elt, null, null, false, false);
+        assert.equal(formData.get('fruit'), null);
+    });
 });
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