diff --git a/sao/src/common.js b/sao/src/common.js
index f4c9d5585a..84f5cd3153 100644
--- a/sao/src/common.js
+++ b/sao/src/common.js
@@ -1953,10 +1953,13 @@
                 .replace(escape + '%', '%')
                 .replace(escape + '_', '_');
         },
-        quote: function(value) {
+        quote: function(value, empty=false) {
             if (typeof value != 'string') {
                 return value;
             }
+            if (empty && value === '') {
+                return '""';
+            }
             if (value.contains('\\')) {
                 value = value.replace(new RegExp('\\\\', 'g'), '\\\\');
             }
@@ -2115,7 +2118,8 @@
                 return value;
             }
         },
-        format_value: function(field, value, target=null, context={}) {
+        format_value: function(
+            field, value, target=null, context={}, _quote_empty=false) {
             var format_float = function() {
                 if (!value && value !== 0 && value !== new Sao.Decimal(0)) {
                     return '';
@@ -2226,7 +2230,9 @@
             };
             converts.timestamp = converts.datetime;
             if (value instanceof Array) {
-                return value.map(v => this.format_value(field, v)).join(';');
+                return value.map(
+                    v => this.format_value(field, v, null, context, true))
+                    .join(';');
             } else {
                 var func = converts[field.type];
                 if (func) {
@@ -2234,7 +2240,7 @@
                 } else if (value === null) {
                     return '';
                 } else {
-                    return this.quote(value);
+                    return this.quote(value, _quote_empty);
                 }
             }
         },
diff --git a/sao/tests/sao.js b/sao/tests/sao.js
index 2f1b58ff08..61a151185f 100644
--- a/sao/tests/sao.js
+++ b/sao/tests/sao.js
@@ -2266,6 +2266,7 @@
         [[['name', 'ilike', 'Doe\\%']], 'Name: =Doe%'],
         [[['name', 'not ilike', '%Doe%']], 'Name: !Doe'],
         [[['name', 'in', ['John', 'Jane']]], 'Name: John;Jane'],
+        [[['name', 'in', ['John', '']]], 'Name: John;""'],
         [[['name', 'in', ['John']]], 'Name: =John'],
         [[['name', 'not in', ['John', 'Jane']]], 'Name: !John;Jane'],
         [[['name', 'not in', ['John']]], 'Name: !=John'],
diff --git a/tryton/tryton/common/domain_parser.py b/tryton/tryton/common/domain_parser.py
index 4ef6f8ce7c..9b74d7c354 100644
--- a/tryton/tryton/common/domain_parser.py
+++ b/tryton/tryton/common/domain_parser.py
@@ -128,10 +128,12 @@ def unescape(value, escape='\\'):
     return value.replace(escape + '%', '%').replace(escape + '_', '_')
 
 
-def quote(value):
+def quote(value, empty=False):
     "Quote string if needed"
     if not isinstance(value, str):
         return value
+    if empty and value == '':
+        return '""'
     if '\\' in value:
         value = value.replace('\\', '\\\\')
     if '"' in value:
@@ -307,7 +309,7 @@ def convert_value(field, value, context=None):
     return converts.get(field['type'], lambda: value)()
 
 
-def format_value(field, value, target=None, context=None):
+def format_value(field, value, target=None, context=None, _quote_empty=False):
     "Format value for field"
     if context is None:
         context = {}
@@ -410,9 +412,11 @@ def format_value(field, value, target=None, context=None):
         'many2one': format_many2one,
         }
     if isinstance(value, (list, tuple)):
-        return ';'.join(format_value(field, x, context=context) for x in value)
+        return ';'.join(
+            format_value(field, x, context=context, _quote_empty=True)
+            for x in value)
     return quote(converts.get(field['type'],
-            lambda: value if value is not None else '')())
+            lambda: value if value is not None else '')(), empty=_quote_empty)
 
 
 def complete_value(field, value):
diff --git a/tryton/tryton/tests/test_common_domain_parser.py b/tryton/tryton/tests/test_common_domain_parser.py
index 055904031e..f1abab338d 100644
--- a/tryton/tryton/tests/test_common_domain_parser.py
+++ b/tryton/tryton/tests/test_common_domain_parser.py
@@ -681,6 +681,8 @@ class DomainParserTestCase(TestCase):
             dom.string([('name', 'not ilike', '%Doe%')]), 'Name: !Doe')
         self.assertEqual(
             dom.string([('name', 'in', ['John', 'Jane'])]), 'Name: John;Jane')
+        self.assertEqual(
+            dom.string([('name', 'in', ['John', ''])]), 'Name: John;""')
         self.assertEqual(
             dom.string([('name', 'in', ['John'])]), 'Name: =John')
         self.assertEqual(