diff --git a/engine/classes/Elgg/Traits/Seeding.php b/engine/classes/Elgg/Traits/Seeding.php
index 37335ceb9ad..9e1398c50d7 100644
--- a/engine/classes/Elgg/Traits/Seeding.php
+++ b/engine/classes/Elgg/Traits/Seeding.php
@@ -381,6 +381,12 @@ public function createGroup(array $properties = [], array $options = []): \ElggG
 	 * @throws MaxAttemptsException
 	 */
 	public function createObject(array $properties = [], array $options = []): \ElggObject {
+		$default_properties = [
+			'title' => true,
+			'description' => true,
+			'tags' => true,
+		];
+		$properties = array_merge($default_properties, $properties);
 
 		$create = function () use ($properties, $options) {
 			$properties['__faker'] = true;
@@ -389,20 +395,26 @@ public function createObject(array $properties = [], array $options = []): \Elgg
 				$properties['time_created'] = $this->getRandomCreationTimestamp();
 			}
 
-			if (empty($properties['title'])) {
+			if ($properties['title'] === true) {
 				$properties['title'] = $this->faker()->sentence();
+			} elseif ($properties['title'] === false) {
+				unset($properties['title']);
 			}
 
-			if (empty($properties['description'])) {
+			if ($properties['description'] === true) {
 				$properties['description'] = $this->faker()->text($this->faker()->numberBetween(500, 1000));
+			} elseif ($properties['description'] === false) {
+				unset($properties['description']);
 			}
 
 			if (empty($properties['subtype'])) {
 				$properties['subtype'] = $this->getRandomSubtype();
 			}
 
-			if (empty($properties['tags'])) {
+			if ($properties['tags'] === true) {
 				$properties['tags'] = $this->faker()->words(10);
+			} elseif ($properties['tags'] === false) {
+				unset($properties['tags']);
 			}
 
 			if (!isset($properties['owner_guid'])) {
diff --git a/engine/tests/phpunit/unit/Elgg/Traits/SeedingUnitTest.php b/engine/tests/phpunit/unit/Elgg/Traits/SeedingUnitTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2aa6ea62571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/tests/phpunit/unit/Elgg/Traits/SeedingUnitTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Elgg\Traits;
+
+use Elgg\UnitTestCase;
+
+class SeedingUnitTest extends UnitTestCase {
+	
+	use Seeding {
+		createObject as createSeededObject;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @dataProvider propertyProvider
+	 */
+	public function testCreateObjectTitle($input) {
+		$object = $this->createSeededObject([
+			'title' => $input,
+		], ['save' => false]);
+		$this->assertInstanceOf(\ElggObject::class, $object);
+		
+		if ($input === false) {
+			$this->assertNull($object->title);
+		} else {
+			$this->assertIsString($object->title);
+		}
+		
+		if (is_string($input)) {
+			$this->assertEquals($input, $object->title);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @dataProvider propertyProvider
+	 */
+	public function testCreateObjectDescription($input) {
+		$object = $this->createSeededObject([
+			'description' => $input,
+		], ['save' => false]);
+		$this->assertInstanceOf(\ElggObject::class, $object);
+		
+		if ($input === false) {
+			$this->assertNull($object->description);
+		} else {
+			$this->assertIsString($object->description);
+		}
+		
+		if (is_string($input)) {
+			$this->assertEquals($input, $object->description);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @dataProvider propertyProvider
+	 */
+	public function testCreateObjectTags($input) {
+		$object = $this->createSeededObject([
+			'tags' => $input,
+		], ['save' => false]);
+		$this->assertInstanceOf(\ElggObject::class, $object);
+		
+		if ($input === false) {
+			$this->assertNull($object->tags);
+		} elseif (is_string($input)) {
+			$this->assertEquals($input, $object->tags);
+		} else {
+			$this->assertIsArray($object->tags);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public function propertyProvider() {
+		return [
+			[true],
+			[false],
+			['hello world'],
+		];
+	}
+}