diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Converters/XmlNodeConverterTest.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Converters/XmlNodeConverterTest.cs
index e036629b..d8b87495 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Converters/XmlNodeConverterTest.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Converters/XmlNodeConverterTest.cs
@@ -2146,6 +2146,71 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Converters
             }
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void NullAttributeValue()
+        {
+            var node = JsonConvert.DeserializeXmlNode(@"{
+                    ""metrics"": {
+                        ""type"": ""CPULOAD"",
+                        ""@value"": null
+                    }
+                }");
+
+            StringAssert.AreEqual(@"<metrics value=""""><type>CPULOAD</type></metrics>", node.OuterXml);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void NonStandardAttributeValues()
+        {
+            JObject o = new JObject
+            {
+                new JProperty("root", new JObject
+                {
+                    new JProperty("@uri", new JValue(new Uri("http://localhost/"))),
+                    new JProperty("@time_span", new JValue(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1))),
+                    new JProperty("@bytes", new JValue(System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Hello world")))
+                })
+            };
+
+            using (var jsonReader = o.CreateReader())
+            {
+                var serializer = JsonSerializer.Create(new JsonSerializerSettings
+                {
+                    Converters = { new XmlNodeConverter() },
+                });
+
+                var document = (XmlDocument)serializer.Deserialize(jsonReader, typeof(XmlDocument));
+
+                StringAssert.AreEqual(@"<root uri=""http://localhost/"" time_span=""00:01:00"" bytes=""SGVsbG8gd29ybGQ="" />", document.OuterXml);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void NonStandardElementsValues()
+        {
+            JObject o = new JObject
+            {
+                new JProperty("root", new JObject
+                {
+                    new JProperty("uri", new JValue(new Uri("http://localhost/"))),
+                    new JProperty("time_span", new JValue(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1))),
+                    new JProperty("bytes", new JValue(System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Hello world")))
+                })
+            };
+
+            using (var jsonReader = o.CreateReader())
+            {
+                var serializer = JsonSerializer.Create(new JsonSerializerSettings
+                {
+                    Converters = { new XmlNodeConverter() },
+                });
+
+                var document = (XmlDocument)serializer.Deserialize(jsonReader, typeof(XmlDocument));
+
+                StringAssert.AreEqual(@"<root><uri>http://localhost/</uri><time_span>00:01:00</time_span><bytes>SGVsbG8gd29ybGQ=</bytes></root>", document.OuterXml);
+            }
+        }
+
         private static void JsonBodyToSoapXml(Stream json, Stream xml)
         {
             Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializerSettings settings = new Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializerSettings();
diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/XmlNodeConverter.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/XmlNodeConverter.cs
index 82488052..613f37ba 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/XmlNodeConverter.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/XmlNodeConverter.cs
@@ -1799,6 +1799,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Converters
                 case JsonToken.Float:
                 case JsonToken.Boolean:
                 case JsonToken.Date:
+                case JsonToken.Bytes:
                     string text = ConvertTokenToXmlValue(reader);
                     if (text != null)
                     {
@@ -1831,25 +1832,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Converters
             }
 
             string encodedName = XmlConvert.EncodeName(attributeName);
-            string attributeValue = "";
-
-            switch (reader.TokenType)
-            {
-                case JsonToken.String:
-                case JsonToken.Integer:
-                case JsonToken.Float:
-                case JsonToken.Boolean:
-                case JsonToken.Date:
-                    attributeValue = ConvertTokenToXmlValue(reader);
-                    break;
-                case JsonToken.Null:
-
-                    // empty attribute. do nothing
-                    break;
-                default:
-                    attributeValue = reader.Value.ToString();
-                    break;
-            }
+            string attributeValue = ConvertTokenToXmlValue(reader);
 
             IXmlNode attribute = (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(attributePrefix))
                 ? document.CreateAttribute(encodedName, manager.LookupNamespace(attributePrefix), attributeValue)
@@ -1900,6 +1883,8 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Converters
 #else
                     return XmlConvert.ToString(d, DateTimeUtils.ToDateTimeFormat(d.Kind));
 #endif
+                case JsonToken.Bytes:
+                    return Convert.ToBase64String((byte[])reader.Value);
                 case JsonToken.Null:
                     return null;
                 default:
@@ -1968,6 +1953,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Converters
                 case JsonToken.Integer:
                 case JsonToken.Float:
                 case JsonToken.Date:
+                case JsonToken.Bytes:
                 case JsonToken.StartConstructor:
                     return null;
             }