diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/_core/options.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/_core/options.lua
index d826df5c00..12c4f86232 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/_core/options.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/_core/options.lua
@@ -435,6 +435,9 @@ local to_vim_value = {
   map = function(_, value)
     if type(value) == 'string' then
       return value
+    elseif vim.isarray(value) then
+      value = remove_duplicate_values(value)
+      return table.concat(value, ',')
     end
 
     local result = {}
diff --git a/test/functional/lua/option_and_var_spec.lua b/test/functional/lua/option_and_var_spec.lua
index eac74a5cc5..f4f54a4f30 100644
--- a/test/functional/lua/option_and_var_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/lua/option_and_var_spec.lua
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ describe('lua stdlib', function()
           eq(true, not formatoptions.q)
         end)
 
-        it('works for array list type options', function()
+        it('works for comma list type options', function()
           local wildignore = exec_lua(function()
             vim.opt.wildignore = '*.c,*.o,__pycache__'
             return vim.opt.wildignore:get()
@@ -788,6 +788,13 @@ describe('lua stdlib', function()
           eq('*.c', wildignore[1])
         end)
 
+        it('works for array list type options', function()
+          eq_exec_lua({ eol = '~', space = '-' }, function()
+            vim.opt.listchars = { 'eol:~', 'space:-' }
+            return vim.opt.listchars:get()
+          end)
+        end)
+
         it('works for options that are both commalist and flaglist', function()
           eq_exec_lua({ b = true, s = true }, function()
             vim.opt.whichwrap = 'b,s'