diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/XML.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/XML.js
index e5c57ee267..e662e43617 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/XML.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/XML.js
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ OpenLayers.Format.XML = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format, {
         if(options.attributes) {
             this.setAttributes(node, options.attributes);
         }
-        if(options.value) {
+        if(options.value != null) {
             node.appendChild(this.createTextNode(options.value));
         }
         return node;
diff --git a/tests/Format/XML.html b/tests/Format/XML.html
index e58dace6e4..b3bdd9385d 100644
--- a/tests/Format/XML.html
+++ b/tests/Format/XML.html
@@ -591,6 +591,22 @@
                     value: "text value"
                 }),
                 expect: "<foo:FooNode xmlns:foo='http://example.com/foo' id='123'>text value<" + "/foo:FooNode>"
+            }, {
+                description: "value of 0 gets appended as a text node",
+                node: format.createElementNSPlus("foo:bar", {value: 0}),
+                expect: "<foo:bar xmlns:foo='http://example.com/foo'>0</foo:bar>"
+            }, {
+                description: "value of false gets appended as a text node",
+                node: format.createElementNSPlus("foo:bar", {value: false}),
+                expect: "<foo:bar xmlns:foo='http://example.com/foo'>false</foo:bar>"
+            }, {
+                description: "null value does not get appended as a text node",
+                node: format.createElementNSPlus("foo:bar", {value: null}),
+                expect: "<foo:bar xmlns:foo='http://example.com/foo'/>"
+            }, {
+                description: "undefined value does not get appended as a text node",
+                node: format.createElementNSPlus("foo:bar"),
+                expect: "<foo:bar xmlns:foo='http://example.com/foo'/>"
             }
         ];