diff --git a/src/clj_http/client.clj b/src/clj_http/client.clj
index 8c38cf0c..b33dfdca 100644
--- a/src/clj_http/client.clj
+++ b/src/clj_http/client.clj
@@ -965,20 +965,32 @@
     ([req respnd raise]
      (client (form-params-request req) respnd raise))))
 
+(defn- subscript [k i]
+  (str (name k) \[ i \]))
+
+(defn- unnest-1 [param-assoc]
+  (mapcat (fn [[k v]]
+            (if (sequential? v)
+              (map-indexed (fn [i sv] [(subscript k (str i)) sv]) v)
+              (map (fn [[i sv]] [(subscript k (name i)) sv]) (seq v))))
+          param-assoc))
+
+(defn- unnest-inner [param-assoc]
+  (let [{nested true flat false} (group-by (comp coll? second) param-assoc)]
+    (if (empty? nested)
+      param-assoc
+      (concat flat (unnest-inner (unnest-1 nested))))))
+
+(defn- unnest [params]
+  (->> (seq params)
+       unnest-inner
+       (apply concat)
+       (apply hash-map)))
+
 (defn- nest-params
   [request param-key]
   (if-let [params (request param-key)]
-    (assoc request param-key (prewalk
-                              #(if (and (vector? %) (map? (second %)))
-                                 (let [[fk m] %]
-                                   (reduce
-                                    (fn [m [sk v]]
-                                      (assoc m (str (name fk)
-                                                    \[ (name sk) \]) v))
-                                    {}
-                                    m))
-                                 %)
-                              params))
+    (assoc request param-key (unnest params))
     request))
 
 (defn- nest-params-request
diff --git a/test/clj_http/test/client_test.clj b/test/clj_http/test/client_test.clj
index d2c2c59b..7178b6ec 100644
--- a/test/clj_http/test/client_test.clj
+++ b/test/clj_http/test/client_test.clj
@@ -1272,6 +1272,14 @@
                 {:query-params {"a" {"b" {"c" "d"}}}
                  :form-params {"a[b][c]" "d"}
                  :flatten-nested-keys [:form-params]})
+    (is-applied (comp client/wrap-form-params
+                      client/wrap-nested-params)
+                {:query-params {"a" [{"c" "d"} "e"]}
+                 :form-params {"a" [{"c" "d"} "e"]}
+                 :flatten-nested-keys [:form-params]}
+                {:query-params {"a" [{"c" "d"} "e"]}
+                 :form-params {"a[0][c]" "d" "a[1]" "e"}
+                 :flatten-nested-keys [:form-params]})
     (is-applied (comp client/wrap-form-params
                       client/wrap-nested-params)
                 {:query-params {"a" {"b" {"c" "d"}}}