diff --git a/js/jsonld.js b/js/jsonld.js
index f2acbeb0..a392f471 100644
--- a/js/jsonld.js
+++ b/js/jsonld.js
@@ -5531,7 +5531,7 @@ function _compactIri(activeCtx, iri, value, relativeTo, reverse) {
       }
       var list = value['@list'];
       var commonLanguage = (list.length === 0) ? defaultLanguage : null;
-      var commonType = null;
+      var commonType = (list.length === 0) ? '@id' : null;
       for(var i = 0; i < list.length; ++i) {
         var item = list[i];
         var itemLanguage = '@none';
diff --git a/tests/test.js b/tests/test.js
index b371cc6c..da8d7a02 100644
--- a/tests/test.js
+++ b/tests/test.js
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ var ROOT_MANIFEST_DIR = resolvePath(
 var TEST_TYPES = {
   'jld:CompactTest': {
     skip: {
-      regex: [/#t0073/, /#t0074/],
+      regex: [/#t0073/],
       specVersion: ['json-ld-1.1']
     },
     fn: 'compact',