diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 89ef8b2c..e83f00a7 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2024-11-11, Version 4.1.6
+=========================
+
+Placeholder for package maintainer
+
+ * feat: Override default strong-soap behaviour when mapping undefined element values to self closing tags (<tag/> instead of <tag xsi:nil=true></tag>. Option is ignoreAttributesUndefined, to enable option set to false. (Jamie Nicholson)
+
 2024-10-10, Version 4.1.5
 =========================
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 57408d64..54e84b2b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -530,6 +530,10 @@ soap.createClient(__dirname + '/wsdl/default_namespace.wsdl', wsdlOptions, funct
 
 To see it in practice, consider the sample in: [test/request-response-samples/addPets__force_namespaces](https://github.com/loopbackio/strong-soap/tree/master/test/request-response-samples/addPets__force_namespaces)
 
+### Mapping of undefined element values
+
+When the wsdl attribute nillable="true" it set, JSON values will map to null and XML values map to nillable='true' unless ignoreAttributesUndefined is set to false. When ignoreAttributesUndefined is set to false undefined element values will map to a self closing tag i.e. <tag/>
+
 ## XMLHandler
 
 XMLHandler enables you to to convert a JSON object to XML and XML to a JSON object.  It can also parse an XML string or stream into the XMLBuilder tree.
diff --git a/src/parser/xmlHandler.js b/src/parser/xmlHandler.js
index 2a2e7044..0538316f 100644
--- a/src/parser/xmlHandler.js
+++ b/src/parser/xmlHandler.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class XMLHandler {
    * @param {Object} [options.date]
    * @param {Object} [options.date.timezone]
    * @param {boolean} [options.date.timezone.enabled]
+   * @param {boolean} [option.ignoreAttributesUndefined]
    */
   constructor(schemas, options) {
     this.schemas = schemas || {};
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ class XMLHandler {
     this.options.date = this.options.date || {};
     this.options.date.timezone = this.options.date.timezone || {};
     this.options.date.timezone.enabled = typeof this.options.date.timezone.enabled === 'boolean' ? this.options.date.timezone.enabled : true;
+    this.options.ignoreAttributesUndefined = typeof this.options.ignoreAttributesUndefined === 'boolean' ? this.options.ignoreAttributesUndefined : true;
   }
 
   jsonToXml(node, nsContext, descriptor, val) {
@@ -162,8 +164,8 @@ class XMLHandler {
         }
       }
 
-      if (val == null) {
-        if (descriptor.isNillable) {
+      if (val === null ||(val === undefined && this.options.ignoreAttributesUndefined == true)) {
+        if (descriptor.isNillable ) {
           // Set xsi:nil = true
           declareNamespace(nsContext, element, 'xsi', helper.namespaces.xsi);
           if (typeof element.attribute === 'function') {
diff --git a/test/undefined-test.js b/test/undefined-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b9f9df4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/undefined-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+// Copyright IBM Corp. 2017. All Rights Reserved.
+// Node module: strong-soap
+// This file is licensed under the MIT License.
+// License text available at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
+
+"use strict";
+
+var soap = require('..').soap,
+    assert = require('assert');
+
+describe('Undefined tests', function() {
+
+  /*
+  If value of 'breed' (simpleType in the WSDL) is undefined,
+  and options.ignoreAttributesUndefined is true, the element will be empty.
+
+   Request
+   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+   <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
+     <soap:Header/>
+     <soap:Body>
+       <ns1:addPets xmlns:ns1="http://tempuri.org/">
+         <pet>
+           <Name>max</Name>
+           <Breed/>
+         </pet>
+         <pet>
+           <Name>sunny</Name>
+           <Breed>Labrador</Breed>
+         </pet>
+       </ns1:addPets>
+     </soap:Body>
+   </soap:Envelope>
+   */
+
+    it("undefined and options.ignoreAttributesUndefined false for simpleType", function (done) {
+      soap.createClient(__dirname + '/wsdl/strict/nillable.wsdl',{
+        "ignoreAttributesUndefined":false
+      }, function (err, client) {
+        assert.ok(!err);
+        var requestArgs = {
+         "pet": [
+           {
+            "Name"  : "max",
+            "Breed" : undefined
+           },
+           {
+            "Name": "sunny",
+            "Breed": "Labrador"
+           }
+          ]
+        };
+
+        client.addPets(requestArgs, function (err, result, body) {
+          var request = client.lastMessage;
+          //check if the Breed element is empty
+          var index = request.indexOf('<Breed/>');
+          assert.ok(index > -1);
+          done();
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+    /*
+    In case of nillable="true" defined on 'pet' complexType in the WSDL. If value of 'pet' is undefined,
+    and options.ignoreAttributesUndefined is true the element will be empty.
+
+     Request
+     <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+     <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
+        <soap:Header/>
+        <soap:Body>
+            <ns1:addPets xmlns:ns1="http://tempuri.org/">
+                <pet/>
+            </ns1:addPets>
+        </soap:Body>
+     </soap:Envelope>
+     */
+
+    it("undefined and options.ignoreAttributesUndefined false for complexType", function (done) {
+      soap.createClient(__dirname + '/wsdl/strict/nillable.wsdl',{
+        "ignoreAttributesUndefined":false
+      }, function (err, client) {
+        assert.ok(!err);
+        var requestArgs = {
+            "pet": undefined
+        };
+
+        client.addPets(requestArgs, function (err, result, body) {
+          var request = client.lastMessage;
+          //check if the pet element has xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:nil="true" atttribute
+          var index = request.indexOf('<pet/>');
+          assert.ok(index > -1);
+          done();
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+});
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