diff --git a/spec/j2x_spec.js b/spec/j2x_spec.js
index 828c12cd..af363f92 100644
--- a/spec/j2x_spec.js
+++ b/spec/j2x_spec.js
@@ -108,6 +108,22 @@ describe("XMLBuilder", function() {
         expect(result).toEqual(expected);
     });
 
+    it('should parse to XML with empty CDATA', function() {
+        const jObj = {
+            a: {
+                $cdata: null,
+            },
+            b: {
+                $cdata: undefined,
+            },
+        };
+        const builder = new XMLBuilder({ cdataPropName: '$cdata' });
+        const result = builder.build(jObj);
+        //console.log(result);
+        const expected = `<a></a><b></b>`;
+        expect(result).toEqual(expected);
+    });
+
     it("should parse to XML with attributes as separate node", function() {
         const jObj = {
             a: {
diff --git a/src/xmlbuilder/json2xml.js b/src/xmlbuilder/json2xml.js
index d35c6921..2274dfaa 100644
--- a/src/xmlbuilder/json2xml.js
+++ b/src/xmlbuilder/json2xml.js
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ Builder.prototype.j2x = function(jObj, level, ajPath) {
       // null attribute should be ignored by the attribute list, but should not cause the tag closing
       if (this.isAttribute(key)) {
         val += '';
+      } else if (key === this.options.cdataPropName) {
+        val += '';
       } else if (key[0] === '?') {
         val += this.indentate(level) + '<' + key + '?' + this.tagEndChar;
       } else {