diff --git a/plugins/bindable.js b/plugins/bindable.js
index efcf938e..b3424084 100644
--- a/plugins/bindable.js
+++ b/plugins/bindable.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ function transform({ node, environment }) {
   const object = node.attributes.bind.object ?? {}
   const property = node.attributes.bind.property
   if (node.type === 'textarea') {
-    node.children = [object[property]]
+    node.children = [object[property] ?? '']
   } else if (node.type === 'input' && node.attributes.type === 'checkbox') {
     node.attributes.checked = object[property]
   } else {
diff --git a/tests/src/TwoWayBindings.njs b/tests/src/TwoWayBindings.njs
index cc73b6b7..64a77596 100644
--- a/tests/src/TwoWayBindings.njs
+++ b/tests/src/TwoWayBindings.njs
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ class TwoWayBindings extends Nullstack {
         <input bind={this.object.count} name="count" />
         <input bind={this.undeclared} name="undeclared" data-undeclared />
         <input bind={this.undeclared?.nested} name="undeclared-nested" data-undeclared-nested />
+        <textarea bind={this.undeclaredTextarea} name="undeclared" data-undeclared />
+        <textarea bind={this.undeclaredTextarea?.nested} name="undeclared-nested" data-undeclared-nested />
         <input bind={this[this.keyName]} name="composedComputed" />
         <input bind={this[['by', 'Key', 'Name'].join('')]} name="logicalComputed" />
         <input bind={this.byKeyName} name="literalComputed" />
diff --git a/tests/src/TwoWayBindings.test.js b/tests/src/TwoWayBindings.test.js
index 80310fb8..885486f9 100644
--- a/tests/src/TwoWayBindings.test.js
+++ b/tests/src/TwoWayBindings.test.js
@@ -69,8 +69,13 @@ describe('TwoWayBindings', () => {
     expect(value).toMatch('a')
   })
 
-  test('binding to undefined sets the value to an empty string', async () => {
-    const value = await page.$eval('[data-undeclared]', (element) => element.value)
+  test('binding inputs to undefined sets the value to an empty string', async () => {
+    const value = await page.$eval('input[data-undeclared]', (element) => element.value)
+    expect(value).toMatch('')
+  })
+
+  test('binding textarea to undefined sets the value to an empty string', async () => {
+    const value = await page.$eval('textarea[data-undeclared]', (element) => element.value)
     expect(value).toMatch('')
   })
 
@@ -225,8 +230,13 @@ describe('TwoWayBindings', () => {
     expect(element).toBeTruthy()
   })
 
-  test('binding to nested undefined sets the value to an empty string', async () => {
-    const value = await page.$eval('[data-undeclared-nested]', (element) => element.value)
+  test('binding inputs to nested undefined sets the value to an empty string', async () => {
+    const value = await page.$eval('input[data-undeclared-nested]', (element) => element.value)
+    expect(value).toMatch('')
+  })
+
+  test('binding textareas to nested undefined sets the value to an empty string', async () => {
+    const value = await page.$eval('textarea[data-undeclared-nested]', (element) => element.value)
     expect(value).toMatch('')
   })