diff --git a/examples/json_schema_to_grammar.py b/examples/json_schema_to_grammar.py
index 35f7d47f3c..018ba49b24 100755
--- a/examples/json_schema_to_grammar.py
+++ b/examples/json_schema_to_grammar.py
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ class SchemaConverter:
             return self._add_rule(rule_name, self._build_object_rule(properties, required, hybrid_name, additional_properties=None))
 
         elif schema_type in (None, 'array') and ('items' in schema or 'prefixItems' in schema):
-            items = schema.get('items') or schema['prefixItems']
+            items = schema.get('items', schema.get('prefixItems'))
             if isinstance(items, list):
                 return self._add_rule(
                     rule_name,
diff --git a/tests/test-json-schema-to-grammar.cpp b/tests/test-json-schema-to-grammar.cpp
index eb33804c9a..ac697c4d24 100755
--- a/tests/test-json-schema-to-grammar.cpp
+++ b/tests/test-json-schema-to-grammar.cpp
@@ -569,6 +569,55 @@ static void test_all(const std::string & lang, std::function<void(const TestCase
         )"""
     });
 
+    test({
+        SUCCESS,
+        "array with empty items",
+        R"""({
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {}
+        })""",
+        R"""(
+            array ::= "[" space ( value ("," space value)* )? "]" space
+            boolean ::= ("true" | "false") space
+            char ::= [^"\\\x7F\x00-\x1F] | [\\] (["\\bfnrt] | "u" [0-9a-fA-F]{4})
+            decimal-part ::= [0-9]{1,16}
+            integral-part ::= [0] | [1-9] [0-9]{0,15}
+            item ::= object
+            null ::= "null" space
+            number ::= ("-"? integral-part) ("." decimal-part)? ([eE] [-+]? integral-part)? space
+            object ::= "{" space ( string ":" space value ("," space string ":" space value)* )? "}" space
+            root ::= "[" space (item ("," space item)*)? "]" space
+            space ::= | " " | "\n"{1,2} [ \t]{0,20}
+            string ::= "\"" char* "\"" space
+            value ::= object | array | string | number | boolean | null
+        )"""
+    });
+
+    test({
+        SUCCESS,
+        "array with empty items and prefixItems",
+        R"""({
+            "type": "array",
+            "items": {},
+            "prefixItems": { "type": "string" }
+        })""",
+        R"""(
+            array ::= "[" space ( value ("," space value)* )? "]" space
+            boolean ::= ("true" | "false") space
+            char ::= [^"\\\x7F\x00-\x1F] | [\\] (["\\bfnrt] | "u" [0-9a-fA-F]{4})
+            decimal-part ::= [0-9]{1,16}
+            integral-part ::= [0] | [1-9] [0-9]{0,15}
+            item ::= object
+            null ::= "null" space
+            number ::= ("-"? integral-part) ("." decimal-part)? ([eE] [-+]? integral-part)? space
+            object ::= "{" space ( string ":" space value ("," space string ":" space value)* )? "}" space
+            root ::= "[" space (item ("," space item)*)? "]" space
+            space ::= | " " | "\n"{1,2} [ \t]{0,20}
+            string ::= "\"" char* "\"" space
+            value ::= object | array | string | number | boolean | null
+        )"""
+    });
+
     test({
         SUCCESS,
         "number",