diff --git a/lib/api/forms.js b/lib/api/forms.js
index 5f4a883ee2..9e335c9a1c 100644
--- a/lib/api/forms.js
+++ b/lib/api/forms.js
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 // https://github.com/jquery/jquery/blob/2.1.3/src/serialize.js
 var _ = require('lodash'),
     submittableSelector = 'input,select,textarea,keygen',
-    rCRLF = /\r?\n/g,
-    rcheckableType = /^(?:checkbox|radio)$/i,
-    rsubmitterTypes = /^(?:submit|button|image|reset|file)$/i;
+    rCRLF = /\r?\n/g;
 
 exports.serializeArray = function() {
   // Resolve all form elements from either forms or collections of form elements
@@ -17,18 +15,15 @@ exports.serializeArray = function() {
       } else {
         return $elem.filter(submittableSelector).toArray();
       }
-    }).filter(function() {
-      var $elem = Cheerio(this);
-      var type = $elem.attr('type');
-
-      // Verify elements have a name (`attr.name`) and are not disabled (`:disabled`)
-      return $elem.attr('name') && !$elem.is(':disabled') &&
+    }).filter(
+        // Verify elements have a name (`attr.name`) and are not disabled (`:disabled`)
+        '[name!=""]:not(:disabled)'
         // and cannot be clicked (`[type=submit]`) or are used in `x-www-form-urlencoded` (`[type=file]`)
-        !rsubmitterTypes.test(type) &&
+        + ':not(:submit, :button, :image, :reset, :file)'
         // and are either checked/don't have a checkable state
-        ($elem.attr('checked') || !rcheckableType.test(type));
+        + ':matches([checked], :not(:checkbox, :radio))'
     // Convert each of the elements to its value(s)
-    }).map(function(i, elem) {
+    ).map(function(i, elem) {
       var $elem = Cheerio(elem);
       var name = $elem.attr('name');
       var val = $elem.val();
diff --git a/test/api/forms.js b/test/api/forms.js
index e531b07ca7..2812ec7d3b 100644
--- a/test/api/forms.js
+++ b/test/api/forms.js
@@ -115,6 +115,17 @@ describe('$(...)', function() {
       ]);
     });
 
+    it('() : shouldn\'t serialize the empty string', function() {
+        expect($('<input value=pineapple>').serializeArray()).to.eql([]);
+        expect($('<input name="" value=pineapple>').serializeArray()).to.eql([]);
+        expect($('<input name="fruit" value=pineapple>').serializeArray()).to.eql([
+            {
+                name: 'fruit',
+                value: 'pineapple'
+            }
+        ]);
+    });
+
   });
 
 });