diff --git a/src/core/components/parameter-row.jsx b/src/core/components/parameter-row.jsx
index 44690be649f..7234220cce1 100644
--- a/src/core/components/parameter-row.jsx
+++ b/src/core/components/parameter-row.jsx
@@ -68,8 +68,12 @@ export default class ParameterRow extends Component {
     let { onChange, rawParam } = this.props
     let valueForUpstream
 
-    // Coerce empty strings and empty Immutable objects to null
-    if(value === "" || (value && value.size === 0)) {
+    // Coerce empty strings, empty Immutable objects, and empty arrays to null
+    if(
+      value === "" ||
+      (value && value.size === 0) ||
+      (Array.isArray(value) && value.length === 0)
+    ) {
       valueForUpstream = null
     } else {
       valueForUpstream = value
diff --git a/src/core/plugins/spec/actions.js b/src/core/plugins/spec/actions.js
index 8ea0c5801b2..7e9b6e68071 100644
--- a/src/core/plugins/spec/actions.js
+++ b/src/core/plugins/spec/actions.js
@@ -390,8 +390,12 @@ export const executeRequest = (req) =>
             req.parameters = req.parameters || {}
             const paramValue = paramToValue(param, req.parameters)
 
-            // if the value is falsy or an empty Immutable iterable...
-            if(!paramValue || (paramValue && paramValue.size === 0)) {
+            // if the value is falsy, an empty Immutable iterable, or an empty array...
+            if(
+              !paramValue ||
+              (paramValue && paramValue.size === 0) ||
+              (Array.isArray(paramValue) && paramValue.length === 0)
+            ) {
               // set it to empty string, so Swagger Client will treat it as
               // present but empty.
               req.parameters[param.get("name")] = ""
diff --git a/test/unit/components/parameter-row.jsx b/test/unit/components/parameter-row.jsx
index 862a055c4de..402c41967c6 100644
--- a/test/unit/components/parameter-row.jsx
+++ b/test/unit/components/parameter-row.jsx
@@ -147,6 +147,23 @@ describe("<ParameterRow/>", () => {
     expect(wrapper.find(".parameter__type").length).toEqual(1)
     expect(wrapper.find(".parameter__type").text()).toEqual("boolean")
   })
+
+  it("coerces empty array parameter values to null", () => {
+    const param = fromJS({
+      name: "status",
+      in: "query",
+      value: ["available"],
+    })
+    const props = {
+      ...createProps({ param, isOAS3: true }),
+      onChange: jest.fn(),
+    }
+    const parameterRow = new ParameterRow(props)
+
+    parameterRow.onChangeWrapper([])
+
+    expect(props.onChange).toHaveBeenCalledWith(param, null, false)
+  })
 })
 
 describe("bug #5573: zero default and example values", function () {
diff --git a/test/unit/core/plugins/spec/actions.js b/test/unit/core/plugins/spec/actions.js
index bf2e9b0952f..bedb888b9ba 100644
--- a/test/unit/core/plugins/spec/actions.js
+++ b/test/unit/core/plugins/spec/actions.js
@@ -142,6 +142,65 @@ describe("spec plugin - actions", function(){
       expect(system.specActions.setMutatedRequest.mock.calls.length).toEqual(1)
       expect(system.specActions.setRequest.mock.calls.length).toEqual(1)
     })
+
+    it("should send explicitly included empty array parameters as empty strings", async () => {
+      // Given
+      const system = {
+        fn: {
+          buildRequest: jest.fn(req => req),
+          execute: jest.fn().mockImplementation(() => Promise.resolve({}))
+        },
+        specActions: {
+          setMutatedRequest: jest.fn(),
+          setRequest: jest.fn(),
+          setResponse: jest.fn()
+        },
+        specSelectors: {
+          parameterInclusionSettingFor: () => true,
+          url: () => "http://example.com/openapi.json",
+          isOAS3: () => false
+        },
+        getConfigs: () => ({
+          requestInterceptor: jest.fn(),
+          responseInterceptor: jest.fn()
+        })
+      }
+      // When
+      let executeFn = executeRequest({
+        pathName: "/pets",
+        method: "GET",
+        operation: fromJS({
+          operationId: "findPets",
+          parameters: [
+            {
+              name: "status",
+              in: "query",
+              allowEmptyValue: true
+            }
+          ]
+        }),
+        parameters: {
+          status: []
+        }
+      })
+      await executeFn(system)
+
+      // Then
+      expect(system.fn.buildRequest).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          parameters: {
+            status: ""
+          }
+        })
+      )
+      expect(system.fn.execute).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.objectContaining({
+          parameters: {
+            status: ""
+          }
+        })
+      )
+    })
   })
 
   xit("should call specActions.setResponse, when fn.execute resolves", function(){