diff --git a/core/modules/rest/src/Plugin/views/row/DataFieldRow.php b/core/modules/rest/src/Plugin/views/row/DataFieldRow.php
index 9b9e28573e..edccd279c9 100644
--- a/core/modules/rest/src/Plugin/views/row/DataFieldRow.php
+++ b/core/modules/rest/src/Plugin/views/row/DataFieldRow.php
@@ -152,7 +152,13 @@ public function render($row) {
 
       // Omit excluded fields from the rendered output.
       if (empty($field->options['exclude'])) {
-        $output[$this->getFieldKeyAlias($id)] = $value;
+        $raw_value = $field->getValue($row);
+        if (is_array($raw_value)) {
+          $raw_value = array_filter($raw_value);
+        }
+        if (empty($field->options['hide_empty']) || !empty($raw_value)) {
+          $output[$this->getFieldKeyAlias($id)] = $value;
+        }
       }
     }