diff --git a/internal/test/issues/issue-2185/config.yaml b/internal/test/issues/issue-2185/config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71a7ba132e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/test/issues/issue-2185/config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../../../configuration-schema.json
+package: issue2185
+output: issue2185.gen.go
+generate:
+  models: true
+output-options:
+  skip-prune: true
+  nullable-type: true
diff --git a/internal/test/issues/issue-2185/generate.go b/internal/test/issues/issue-2185/generate.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f5224eaeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/test/issues/issue-2185/generate.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package issue2185
+
+//go:generate go run github.com/oapi-codegen/oapi-codegen/v2/cmd/oapi-codegen --config=config.yaml spec.yaml
diff --git a/internal/test/issues/issue-2185/issue2185.gen.go b/internal/test/issues/issue-2185/issue2185.gen.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6474c9c4d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/test/issues/issue-2185/issue2185.gen.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Package issue2185 provides primitives to interact with the openapi HTTP API.
+//
+// Code generated by github.com/oapi-codegen/oapi-codegen/v2 version v2.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000 DO NOT EDIT.
+package issue2185
+
+import (
+	"github.com/oapi-codegen/nullable"
+)
+
+// Container defines model for Container.
+type Container struct {
+	MayBeNull []nullable.Nullable[string] `json:"may-be-null"`
+}
diff --git a/internal/test/issues/issue-2185/issue2185_test.go b/internal/test/issues/issue-2185/issue2185_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc98e2b4d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/test/issues/issue-2185/issue2185_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package issue2185
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/oapi-codegen/nullable"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestContainer_UsesNullableType(t *testing.T) {
+	c := Container{
+		MayBeNull: []nullable.Nullable[string]{
+			nullable.NewNullNullable[string](),
+		},
+	}
+
+	require.Len(t, c.MayBeNull, 1)
+	require.True(t, c.MayBeNull[0].IsNull())
+}
diff --git a/internal/test/issues/issue-2185/spec.yaml b/internal/test/issues/issue-2185/spec.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..814048bc8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/test/issues/issue-2185/spec.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+openapi: "3.0.3"
+info:
+  title: test
+  version: 1.0.0
+components:
+  schemas:
+    Container:
+      required:
+        - "may-be-null"
+      properties:
+        "may-be-null":
+          type: array
+          items:
+            type: string
+            nullable: true
diff --git a/pkg/codegen/schema.go b/pkg/codegen/schema.go
index cc14db731f..ea6e137473 100644
--- a/pkg/codegen/schema.go
+++ b/pkg/codegen/schema.go
@@ -603,8 +603,6 @@ func oapiSchemaToGoType(schema *openapi3.Schema, path []string, outSchema *Schem
 			return fmt.Errorf("error generating type for array: %w", err)
 		}
 
-		var itemPrefix string
-
 		if (arrayType.HasAdditionalProperties || len(arrayType.UnionElements) != 0) && arrayType.RefType == "" {
 			// If we have items which have additional properties or union values,
 			// but are not a pre-defined type, we need to define a type
@@ -622,12 +620,17 @@ func oapiSchemaToGoType(schema *openapi3.Schema, path []string, outSchema *Schem
 			arrayType.RefType = typeName
 		}
 
+		typeDeclaration := arrayType.TypeDecl()
 		if arrayType.OAPISchema != nil && arrayType.OAPISchema.Nullable {
-			itemPrefix = "*"
+			if globalState.options.OutputOptions.NullableType {
+				typeDeclaration = "nullable.Nullable[" + typeDeclaration + "]"
+			} else {
+				typeDeclaration = "*" + typeDeclaration
+			}
 		}
 
 		outSchema.ArrayType = &arrayType
-		outSchema.GoType = "[]" + itemPrefix + arrayType.TypeDecl()
+		outSchema.GoType = "[]" + typeDeclaration
 		outSchema.AdditionalTypes = arrayType.AdditionalTypes
 		outSchema.Properties = arrayType.Properties
 		outSchema.DefineViaAlias = true