diff --git a/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/protocol/proton/converter/message/AMQPMessageTypes.java b/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/protocol/proton/converter/message/AMQPMessageTypes.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e67c4d8b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/protocol/proton/converter/message/AMQPMessageTypes.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.protocol.proton.converter.message;
+
+public class AMQPMessageTypes {
+   public static final String AMQP_TYPE_KEY = "amqp:type";
+
+   public static final String AMQP_SEQUENCE = "amqp:sequence";
+
+   public static final String AMQP_LIST = "amqp:list";
+}
diff --git a/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/protocol/proton/converter/message/JMSMappingInboundTransformer.java b/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/protocol/proton/converter/message/JMSMappingInboundTransformer.java
index e804818420..62eca7c83b 100644
--- a/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/protocol/proton/converter/message/JMSMappingInboundTransformer.java
+++ b/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/protocol/proton/converter/message/JMSMappingInboundTransformer.java
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ public class JMSMappingInboundTransformer extends InboundTransformer {
             m.writeObject(item);
          }
          rc = m;
+         m.setStringProperty(AMQPMessageTypes.AMQP_TYPE_KEY, AMQPMessageTypes.AMQP_SEQUENCE);
       }
       else if (body instanceof AmqpValue) {
          Object value = ((AmqpValue) body).getValue();
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ public class JMSMappingInboundTransformer extends InboundTransformer {
                m.writeObject(item);
             }
             rc = m;
+            m.setStringProperty(AMQPMessageTypes.AMQP_TYPE_KEY, AMQPMessageTypes.AMQP_LIST);
          }
          else if (value instanceof Map) {
             MapMessage m = vendor.createMapMessage();
diff --git a/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/protocol/proton/converter/message/JMSMappingOutboundTransformer.java b/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/protocol/proton/converter/message/JMSMappingOutboundTransformer.java
index 73dc42ba3b..99fb7c39fb 100644
--- a/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/protocol/proton/converter/message/JMSMappingOutboundTransformer.java
+++ b/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/core/protocol/proton/converter/message/JMSMappingOutboundTransformer.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.protocol.proton.converter.message;
 
+import org.apache.activemq.artemis.jms.client.ActiveMQMessage;
 import org.apache.qpid.proton.amqp.Binary;
 import org.apache.qpid.proton.amqp.Symbol;
 import org.apache.qpid.proton.amqp.UnsignedByte;
@@ -126,7 +127,14 @@ public class JMSMappingOutboundTransformer extends OutboundTransformer {
          }
          catch (MessageEOFException e) {
          }
-         body = new AmqpSequence(list);
+
+         String amqpType = msg.getStringProperty(AMQPMessageTypes.AMQP_TYPE_KEY);
+         if (amqpType.equals(AMQPMessageTypes.AMQP_LIST)) {
+            body = new AmqpValue(list);
+         }
+         else {
+            body = new AmqpSequence(list);
+         }
       }
       if (msg instanceof ObjectMessage) {
          body = new AmqpValue(((ObjectMessage) msg).getObject());
@@ -256,6 +264,9 @@ public class JMSMappingOutboundTransformer extends OutboundTransformer {
             String name = key.substring(prefixFooterKey.length());
             footerMap.put(name, msg.getObjectProperty(key));
          }
+         else if (key.equals(AMQPMessageTypes.AMQP_TYPE_KEY)) {
+            // skip
+         }
          else {
             if (apMap == null) {
                apMap = new HashMap();