diff --git a/src/main/java/org/json/XML.java b/src/main/java/org/json/XML.java
index d78ae1f..9b2ba89 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/XML.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/XML.java
@@ -380,12 +380,23 @@ public class XML {
                     if (x.nextToken() != GT) {
                         throw x.syntaxError("Misshaped tag");
                     }
-                    if (nilAttributeFound) {
-                        context.accumulate(tagName, JSONObject.NULL);
-                    } else if (jsonObject.length() > 0) {
-                        context.accumulate(tagName, jsonObject);
+                    if (config.getForceList().contains(tagName)) {
+                        // Force the value to be an array
+                        if (nilAttributeFound) {
+                            context.append(tagName, JSONObject.NULL);
+                        } else if (jsonObject.length() > 0) {
+                            context.append(tagName, jsonObject);
+                        } else {
+                            context.put(tagName, new JSONArray());
+                        }
                     } else {
-                        context.accumulate(tagName, "");
+                        if (nilAttributeFound) {
+                            context.accumulate(tagName, JSONObject.NULL);
+                        } else if (jsonObject.length() > 0) {
+                            context.accumulate(tagName, jsonObject);
+                        } else {
+                            context.accumulate(tagName, "");
+                        }
                     }
                     return false;
 
@@ -414,6 +425,7 @@ public class XML {
                             // Nested element
                             if (parse(x, jsonObject, tagName, config)) {
                                 if (config.getForceList().contains(tagName)) {
+                                    // Force the value to be an array
                                     if (jsonObject.length() == 0) {
                                         context.put(tagName, new JSONArray());
                                     } else if (jsonObject.length() == 1
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/XMLConfigurationTest.java b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/XMLConfigurationTest.java
index 3008024..2ab06be 100755
--- a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/XMLConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/XMLConfigurationTest.java
@@ -976,6 +976,45 @@ public class XMLConfigurationTest {
         Util.compareActualVsExpectedJsonObjects(jsonObject, expetedJsonObject);
     }
     @Test
+    public void testMultipleTagForceList() {
+        String xmlStr = 
+                "<addresses>\n"+
+                "   <address>\n"+
+                "      <name>Sherlock Holmes</name>\n"+
+                "      <name>John H. Watson</name>\n"+
+                "   </address>\n"+
+                "</addresses>";
+
+        String expectedStr = 
+                "{"+
+                    "\"addresses\":["+
+                    "{"+
+                        "\"address\":["+
+                            "{"+
+                                "\"name\":["+
+                                "\"Sherlock Holmes\","+
+                                "\"John H. Watson\""+
+                                "]"+
+                            "}"+
+                        "]"+
+                    "}"+
+                    "]"+
+                "}";
+        
+        Set<String> forceList = new HashSet<String>();
+        forceList.add("addresses");
+        forceList.add("address");
+        forceList.add("name");
+
+        XMLParserConfiguration config = 
+                new XMLParserConfiguration()
+                        .withForceList(forceList);
+        JSONObject jsonObject = XML.toJSONObject(xmlStr, config);
+        JSONObject expetedJsonObject = new JSONObject(expectedStr);
+
+        Util.compareActualVsExpectedJsonObjects(jsonObject, expetedJsonObject);
+    }
+    @Test
     public void testEmptyForceList() {
         String xmlStr = 
                 "<addresses></addresses>";
@@ -994,6 +1033,44 @@ public class XMLConfigurationTest {
 
         Util.compareActualVsExpectedJsonObjects(jsonObject, expetedJsonObject);
     }
+    @Test
+    public void testContentForceList() {
+        String xmlStr = 
+                "<addresses>Baker Street</addresses>";
+
+        String expectedStr = 
+                "{\"addresses\":[\"Baker Street\"]}";
+        
+        Set<String> forceList = new HashSet<String>();
+        forceList.add("addresses");
+
+        XMLParserConfiguration config = 
+                new XMLParserConfiguration()
+                        .withForceList(forceList);
+        JSONObject jsonObject = XML.toJSONObject(xmlStr, config);
+        JSONObject expetedJsonObject = new JSONObject(expectedStr);
+
+        Util.compareActualVsExpectedJsonObjects(jsonObject, expetedJsonObject);
+    }
+    @Test
+    public void testEmptyTagForceList() {
+        String xmlStr = 
+                "<addresses />";
+
+        String expectedStr = 
+                "{\"addresses\":[]}";
+        
+        Set<String> forceList = new HashSet<String>();
+        forceList.add("addresses");
+
+        XMLParserConfiguration config = 
+                new XMLParserConfiguration()
+                        .withForceList(forceList);
+        JSONObject jsonObject = XML.toJSONObject(xmlStr, config);
+        JSONObject expetedJsonObject = new JSONObject(expectedStr);
+
+        Util.compareActualVsExpectedJsonObjects(jsonObject, expetedJsonObject);
+    }
     
     /**
      * Convenience method, given an input string and expected result,