diff --git a/plugins/in_http/http_prot.c b/plugins/in_http/http_prot.c
index 175fe4461e1..4e2aa6a761c 100644
--- a/plugins/in_http/http_prot.c
+++ b/plugins/in_http/http_prot.c
@@ -843,6 +843,11 @@ static int process_pack_ng(struct flb_http *ctx, flb_sds_t tag, char *buf, size_
             {
                 record = obj->via.array.ptr[i];
 
+                tag_from_record = NULL;
+                if (ctx->tag_key) {
+                    tag_from_record = tag_key(ctx, &record);
+                }
+
                 if (tag_from_record) {
                     ret = process_pack_record(ctx, &tm, tag_from_record, &record);
                     flb_sds_destroy(tag_from_record);
diff --git a/tests/runtime/in_http.c b/tests/runtime/in_http.c
index d4d88faadf8..66ddaea5230 100644
--- a/tests/runtime/in_http.c
+++ b/tests/runtime/in_http.c
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ void flb_test_http_failure_400_bad_disk_write()
     test_ctx_destroy(ctx);
 }
 
-void flb_test_http_tag_key()
+void test_http_tag_key(char *input)
 {
     struct flb_lib_out_cb cb_data;
     struct test_ctx *ctx;
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ void flb_test_http_tag_key()
     int num;
     size_t b_sent;
 
-    char *buf = "{\"test\":\"msg\", \"tag\":\"new_tag\"}";
+    char *buf = input;
 
     clear_output_num();
 
@@ -661,12 +661,23 @@ void flb_test_http_tag_key()
     test_ctx_destroy(ctx);
 }
 
+void flb_test_http_tag_key_with_map_input()
+{
+    test_http_tag_key("{\"tag\":\"new_tag\",\"test\":\"msg\"}");
+}
+
+void flb_test_http_tag_key_with_array_input()
+{
+    test_http_tag_key("[{\"tag\":\"new_tag\",\"test\":\"msg\"}]");
+}
+
 TEST_LIST = {
     {"http", flb_test_http},
     {"successful_response_code_200", flb_test_http_successful_response_code_200},
     {"successful_response_code_204", flb_test_http_successful_response_code_204},
     {"failure_response_code_400_bad_json", flb_test_http_failure_400_bad_json},
     {"failure_response_code_400_bad_disk_write", flb_test_http_failure_400_bad_disk_write},
-    {"tag_key", flb_test_http_tag_key},
+    {"tag_key_with_map_input", flb_test_http_tag_key_with_map_input},
+    {"tag_key_with_array_input", flb_test_http_tag_key_with_array_input},
     {NULL, NULL}
 };